Creatine + Beta-Alanine Cyclocross Experiment Week 2

It's week two of my creatine and beta-alanine for cyclocross experiment, and I think I'm seeing some decent improvement in my 60-second power after just one week of supplementation. For an explanation of why I'm doing this, see last week's post. I've started compiling the results in a spreadsheet. If you're...

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Jimmy Moore transcript

[0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive Podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly. Today, I'm joined by my food scientist, Julie. Julie:    Hello. Christopher:    And the podcaster and host of Livin' La Vida Low-Carb and the author of the new Ketogenic Cookbook, Jimmy Moore. Hi, Jimmy. Jimmy:  ...

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Creatine + Beta-Alanine Cyclocross Experiment Week 1

Cyclocross is fantastic fun, but as a slow-twitch dominant athlete I've never had great results. The races are usually 45 or 60 minutes in duration and despite the appearance of a time trial, the large number of corners make cross a series of short sprints. About two years ago I...

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Amir Mirzaee transcript

Amir.on.2015-05-20.at.10.49 [0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive Podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly. Today I'm joined by Amir. Hi, Amir. Amir:    Hi, Chris. Christopher:    Amir is someone I've been working with coming up on a year now. We got some test results to talk about which...

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Michael Ruscio transcript

[0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly. Today, I'm joined by a functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Ruscio. Hi, Michael. Michael:    Hi, Chris. Thanks for having. Christopher:    Thank you. I'm so pleased to have you on. I'm really excited. I've been really...

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Tommy Wood Anion Gap

Tommy.Wood.on.2015-06-09.at.09.22 [0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive Podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly and today, I am joined by Dr. Tommy Wood. Hi, Tommy. Tommy:    Hi, Chris. Christopher:    I've got Tommy back on the show. Tommy is a medical doctor. If you haven't heard any of...

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Patrick Arnold transcript

[0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive Podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly and today I'm joined by the chemist and creator of KetoForce, Patrick Arnold. Hi, Patrick. Patrick:    Hi, Christopher. Christopher:    Thanks for coming on. I'm really excited to have you on. KetoForce is a supplement...

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Do This Experiment

I'm not a huge fan of counting calories, but at some level they are useful for quantifying the amount of food you eat. If you regularly create a large deficit of calories, your body will respond accordingly by reducing energy expenditure.  In the worst cases, I've seen (particularly women) eating...

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Torea Rodriguez transcript

[0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive Podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly. Today I am joined by Torea Rodriguez. Hi, Torea. Torea:    Hi, Chris. Christopher:    Torea is a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner and a biochemist. We've been working together to try and figure out her Hashimoto's....

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How to Get to Know Your Microbiome

Summary: I've just finished building a website that generates a phylogenetic tree in a PDF document from the results of your µBiome data. A tree makes it easier to understand the structure of the data and opens up the possibility of automating analysis. Three years ago I enjoyed a remarkable...

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Reed Davis transcript

[0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive Podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly. Today, I'm joined by the founder of the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Training Course Reed Davis. Hi, Reed. Reed:    Hi, Christopher. How are you doing there? Christopher:    Good, thanks. I'm really excited about having you...

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Tommy Wood antioxidants transcript

[0:00:00] Christopher:    Hello and welcome to the Nourish Balance Thrive podcast. My name is Christopher Kelly and today, I'm joined again by Dr. Tommy Wood. Hi, Tommy! Tommy:    Hi, Chris! Christopher:    Today, we're going to talk about -- oh, before I go any further, I should mention if you want...

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