I know I’m not alone in this, but 2020 was a shitty year. It was also a reminder of how much can change in a short period of time. At the beginning of the year, I was married and just beginning nursing school. I was content (if not precisely happy); I felt good about the […] The post Daily Essay #2: 2020 appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

I’ve never been one for journaling. I love writing, and writing things out is often the best way for me to clarify my thoughts on the topic (writing articles for this site has in many ways been my best method of education), but I’ve never resonated with the idea of daily journaling. I have many […] The post Daily Essay #1: Why? appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

I know! It’s been almost an entire year since the last episode of ClimbSci! But, this new episode (another listener Q&A session) is almost four hours long, so hopefully Tom and I have made up for our absence at least partially. The topics we cover are extensive, but run the gamut from protein and collagen […] The post ClimbSci Episode 12: Listener Q&A #2 appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

I haven’t written much about dietary minerals on this site, but the other day I was asked an intriguing question: Is the leghemoglobin in Impossible Foods’ products a comparable source of iron to traditional hemoglobin found in meat? Potentially excluding the iron source in question, plant-based iron is not particularly well-absorbed compared to the heme […] The post Impossible Iron appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

Freshman year of college, my biology professor taught us about fungi. Fungi, if you are not aware, have an external digestive system; they secrete digestive enzymes to the outside of their body which break down nutrients to absorb. My professor didn’t think this was particularly impressive, though, because technically humans also have an external digestive […] The post Skin-Based Nutrition? appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

As many of you know, in the past I’ve taken a critical stance on dietary collagen protein and recommended against it as a supplement. Science evolves, however, and given the new research that has come out since I first took my stance, I thought it an appropriate time to revisit the topic and potentially reevaluate […] The post An Update on Dietary Collagen Protein appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

I wrote an article about the “ideal” macronutrient ratios for different types of climbing a long time ago—almost four years now! It’s still a good basic overview, but I think it’s time to revisit the topic and provide a little more context. Moreover, I think it might be worth writing an article explaining some of […] The post Revisiting Macronutrient Ratios appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

Tom and I finished recording an episode on weight loss recently. For many, weight loss is a sensitive topic, and while we try to approach the topic from a scientific “these are the facts” point of view, by necessity we also wade into more tangled areas of motivations, body image, and dietary control. We finished […] The post Healthy Diets, Healthy Attitudes appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

Losing weight is hard, but with the right strategies—and the right attitude—it can be a little easier. In Episode 11 of ClimbSci, Tom and I discuss setup for a weight loss diet, practical strategies, and maintaining performance to the greatest extent possible. Warning: The above video is unedited, and at one point I (Brian) lose […] The post ClimbSci Episode 11: Weight Loss appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more

Tom and I are preparing to do an episode of ClimbSci on weight loss, which got me thinking about diets and dieting in general. This article is a reflection on some of those thoughts. As a nutritionist, I seek out articles both scientific and mainstream to see how our understanding is changing. With science, our […] The post The Way We Think About Diets Is All Wrong appeared first on Climbing Nutrition ..read more