From his experience working with elite athletes, Nutrition Consultant Kyle Pfaffenbach knows all too well a pitfall athletes tend to have:

While they are driven for success, they can be too strict with everything from training to nutrition.

Kyle is an Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance at Eastern Oregon University, where he teaches exercise physiology and nutrition in addition to his work with high-level athletes.

And while he acknowledges the passion athletes have for training, Kyle, who holds a Ph.D. in Nutrition, emphasizes that an effective nutrition practice encompasses more than just the strict implementation of a one-size-fits-all system.

It involves awareness, intent, and a practice he calls “turning the screws.”

Kyle joins me today to share his “big rocks” and philosophy on health & training and defines what it means to “turn the screw” when it comes to nutrition.

He reveals the red flags to watch out for when consuming information and content about nutrition and training and shares some great, evidence-based ways to start improving health and nutrition.

And finally, he explains why we need to form a symbiotic relationship with food, how to do it, and underscores the importance of “periodizing” nutrition.

When it comes to nutrition, you have to periodize, to turn the screws. You have to have awareness and intentionality, not control. – Kyle Pfaffenbach

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