The amazing Brad Dalrymple joins us in this episode for a chat about the impact of diet on climate, the importance of keeping our waterways clean, and his athletic endeavours. Brad passionately advocates the environmental benefits of a plant-based lifestyle and works as a principal environmental engineer at Ocean Protect. Having over 18 years’ experience in various environmental engineering projects associated with environmental engineering and has RPEQ, NPER and CPEng accreditation – he brings a lot of knowledge to the table on this topic. Brad also keeps busy by co-hosting the brilliant Ocean Protect podcast with Jeremy Brown, which discusses key issues impacting on the health of our oceans.

Brad has quite the sporting resume, having won both the Australian National Sprint and Olympic Distance AG Championships, as well as completing the gruelling Ultraman Australia event twice (a 3-day multisport event of swimming 10km, cycling 421km and running 84km), with a best of 4th place overall, so we delve into his training and race nutrition strategies.

Brad touches on a number of vitally important issues in our discussion and we hope you enjoy this conversation – we certainly learned a lot.
In this episode we cover:
• Brad’s early experimentation with a plant-based diet, including a common pitfall
• Performance improvements after switching to a wholefood plant-based diet
• Nutrition for endurance sports
• Various foods and their impact on climate change, ocean acidification and deforestation
• The valuable work of Ocean Protect
• Plastic pollution and the damage it causes to the marine environment

In light of the climate emergency, the topics Brad covers in this episode are of incredible importance. Please reach out to Brad and let him know if you appreciated this conversation.

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