#26 Glen Burrows on the foundations of optimal nutrition for wellbeing and performance
Episode description
Getting nutrition right is a key pillar of recovery, vitality and performance. With that said, there is so much conflicting advice as to what we should actually be putting in our bodies.
Glen Burrows really is an expert in all aspects of nutrition, having first studied food science where he quickly saw how the food industry was addicting people towards diets that maximised profits for producers but left consumers bereft of nutrient rich foods and in many cases ill and overweight.
Both he and his wife were also long time vegetarians before negative affects on their health led them back to eating meat. This change not only brought them back to full health but also became the catalyst for Glen in founding his new venture 'The Ethical Butcher', where his mission is to reconnect people with nature through naturally farmed animals and produce.
We discuss so much in this conversation, including what an 'optimal' diet actually looks like and where false information and fixed mentalities serve to keep people stuck in cycles of over eating and poor health.
Amazingly on top of all this, Glen combines his nutrition expertise with his work as a photographer and moving image director, specialising in sports and health and fitness portraits.
This work saw him as the 'go to' man for Men's Health magazine and many world leading brands (check out his Instagram below, it is well worth a look!)