053: Ali MacDonald & Greg Potter – Resilient Nutrition
Ali MacDonald & Greg Potter Ali is co-founder and CEO at Resilient Nutrition is a former soldier, active endurance athlete, and coach, and is fascinated by resilience and what enables some people to achieve what they previously thought impossible. After spending 15 years working in the data, insights and technology space at Accenture, he combined his passion for human performance with his technology experience to found Optimal Human Performance, a company that works with scientists and coaches to help individuals and teams test the limits of their abilities, often in extreme environments. It was this experience and getting to work with his co-founder, Dr Greg Potter, that lead to the creation of Resilient Nutrition. Greg Potter leads the development of Resilient Nutrition products. He has a PhD in nutrition, circadian rhythms, sleep, and metabolism, and an MSc and a BSc in sports science. He is a health and performance consultant and is a regular keynote speaker at international health summits. Highlights of Greg’s career include working with US Naval Special Warfare, coaching a sprinter to four gold medals at the European Championships, being the sleep expert on a Channel 4 documentary, and having his research featured in dozens of international news outlets, including the BBC, Reuters, TIME, and The Washington Post.Ali is particularly fond of punishing exercise, the jungle, bagpipes, and biltong. Greg is particularly fond of early starts, volcanoes, diving, and fish pie.Ali has always been interested in endurance sports and how to fuel for endurance events. He knows it is not just the food but also a psychological element that enables him to keep going.Greg, whilst not low carb or keto, focuses on nutrition, exercise and sleep and appreciates that all aspects of lifestyle influence how we feel and how we function.Together they created a product to help two rowers cross the Atlantic in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge that was nutritious, energy-dense, easy to digest foods that will be stable without a fridge for several weeks at a time. This led to them co-founding Resilient Nutrition, whose products are not only for athletes for those who are wanting to make intelligent choices in optimising their health and performance.We discuss the nuance of carbohydrate loading for different activities. Greg also talks in-depth about exercise, nutrition, sleep and how to improve your sleep. Ali's Top TipsBe thoughtful about what you eatRemember what you eat affects how you feel and performThink about the relationship between what you eat and how you sleepGreg's Top TipsHumans have existed for the majority of time on this planet as pre-industrial people so we need to mimic that lifestyle by being outdoors Take care to reduce the effects of chronic low-grade stressGive back when you can Resources Mentioned https://resilientnutrition.com/pages/principles/ The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance - Dr Jeff S Volek and Dr Stephen D Phinneyhttps://amzn.to/3oggmF4 Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahnemanhttps://amzn.to/3kU8BUe https://www.jetlagrooster.com Quotes by Ali and Greg