If you haven’t heard of him, he and his wife are the writers of Protein Power and the newish book The 6 Week Cure. I wanted to put up a quick blog post to basically provide some recommended reading. If you use twitter, follow him. He posts tons of great articles about nutrition among other topics. If you are into CrossFit, The Paleolithic Diet, or both, his views and research strongly support everything we do at CrossFit and the diet we recommend. The primary reason I recommend reading his work is because at CrossFit we only have so much time to delve into diet and nutrition. We give the lean meats & veggies, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch no sugar speech as a way to circumvent a long drawn out and easily confusing discussion. Also, I only have so much time to blog about it. Also, also, if you talk to me, chances are you are getting a lot of second hand information I have gathered through sources like Eades, Taubes, Sears, and others. Why not get it from the source, where the chances of my explaining something incorrectly reduce drastically.

Truth is, we all want to achieve our goals, and those goals differ quite a bit. Some just want to look good in a bikini for that summer trip, others want to put on some muscle (for that summer trip), some want to compete at a higher level, and a lot just want to feel strong and healthy. Guess what? Nutrition and hard work is the only shortcut. You can bust your ass in the gym as much as you want but if you really want to unlock your potential and achieve your goals, you have to focus on your diet. Just like anything you want to do well, you do the research, you study and learn and you put into practice. For some reason, a lot of people forget this when it comes to their own diet. You should be putting even more time into learning and researching information on the issues that relate to your health. So that’s why I will do what little I can to try and help out. I will try and direct you to good information, and if you have questions about what you read, come talk to me. I will also write on my blog about my own views on various information that is out there.

Jeez, as always, what I set out to write about quickly spiraled into something a little different. Anyway, moving on.

Jeremy and his father started this week on The 6 Week Cure. I can’t wait to see their results and post about it. He has already been telling me a lot about what he has learned. The book also discusses various vitamins and supplements, something that I get asked all the time about and often just respond with “take fish oil, and a good multi.” On that thought, maybe a vitamin / supplement post should be next on the list. I will post some updates for Jeremy and his Dad about their progress next week.

Feels good to be posting again.