
Define nutritious as substances that support growth and health, excluding alcohol, tobacco, sugar-sweetened beverages, and many processed foods; distinguish whole foods from processed ones and recognize marketing terms like organic.
choose nutrient-dense whole foods over calorie-dense processed foods to fuel your body with fiber and vitamins, while recognizing hyper palatability drives overeating and obesity.
Practice intermittent fasting by delaying meals about 12–18 hours, skipping breakfast, and keeping calories similar to normal days, unlocking fat-based energy and memory and immunity benefits.
Use smaller plates to portion meals. Avoid second helpings and practice self-monitoring to prevent energy crashes and stay energized throughout the day.
Explore how breakfast affects energy, mood, and appetite, and why waking hydration with 16 ounces to 2 liters of cold water can boost metabolism and reduce fatigue.
Discover why skipping lunch lowers energy and slows metabolism, and how packing a balanced lunch from home with greens, protein, and carbs boosts afternoon energy and productivity.
Learn to craft energy-promoting dinners for busy scenarios: quick, inexpensive meals and options that support deep sleep, using half your plate non-starchy vegetables, a lean protein, and low GI carbohydrates.
Explore sleep-promoting snacks and timing, including dinner three hours before bed and one-hour post-dinner snack, with a meal of half low-starch vegetables, quarter lean protein, and quarter complex carbs.
Learn to eat for energy by prioritizing nutrients like omega 3s, iron, vitamin D, B vitamins, zinc, and magnesium, and choose travel-friendly options to maintain energy on the road.
Explore caffeine's role in work culture, with up to 400 mg daily. Note memory gains in sleep deprivation, protection against neurodegenerative diseases, heart rhythm risks, alertness, and mood boosts.
Explore how small, regular caffeine doses boost mental performance, and how fats like butter can extend effects. Tailor caffeine use to task type and consider grapefruit to slow caffeine clearance.
Prioritize sleep to boost energy and performance by optimizing your bed setup, light cues, and morning sun exposure. Avoid late bedtimes and use sleep-promoting foods at dinner and post-dinner snacks.
When was the last time you were “in the zone" from the time you woke up until the time went to sleep? Why don't you feel like that everyday?
Each day you make hundreds of small decisions that can either promote energy or sap it. Most of these are made without you realizing the consequences. Eating the wrongs types of foods at the wrong times of day can be kryptonite to having long-term energy.
The fact is that some people need to “be on" more than others. If you work long hours, have a busy social life, have a family that requires your attention, or need to complete copious amounts of schoolwork, then tailoring your nutrition to maximize your energy is critical.
Many factors contribute to your energy level throughout the day, but the biggest one is what you put into your body, how you fuel yourself. This course breaks down how to optimize every decision you make regarding your nutrition in order to have the maximum amount of energy possible. It covers a range of situations that commonly befall busy professionals.
Most people know, deep down, what's healthy and what's not. The problem is that most of the time, the healthiest option is not convenient, or even possible. This course illustrates the best course of action for any situation.
The course provides a framework for exactly what makes you tired and how to avoid and counteract those causes. But even more importantly than a blueprint for decision-making, this course is actionable. The information is broken down into 11 lectures with a total of around 1.5 hours of content. Each lecture will provide you with specific and actionable takeaways that can be implemented into your daily regiment immediately.
A few things you'll learn in this course:
This is just a small sample of what this course has to offer. The information is beneficial to anyone looking to improve his or her health and daily output.
If you have any questions as you're going through the material, or even additional content requests, feel free to let me know. I will personally respond, add the items to the course and demonstrate how you can apply this information directly to your life. So sign up now.
Talk soon,
Michael Gross