Clyde Wilson’s Totally Kickass Nutrition Philosophy
I went to a nutrition workshop last night expecting an extremely boring and yet slightly motivating remix of the food pyramid for athletes.
Instead I was blown away by a rapid fire how-to-fuel-your-body talk by Dr. Clyde Wilson, and left with that feeling of “living in the bay area totally rocks.”
Clyde is one of those of those OCD professors that is crazy smart, loves teaching and optimizes every minute of his life to making the world a better place while at the same time having as much fun as possible. In philosophical terms, if there is such a thing as “The California School”, Clyde is headmaster. After high school he spent 6 years in the navy as the “supervisor for reactor chemistry and radiation control” aboard USS Carl Vinson in Alameda. His Standford PhD thesis was “Biochemistry in Single Cells Using Microfluidic Systems.” He is now teaching courses on clinical and popular nutrition at Standord and UCSF, and he is Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the Sports Medicine Institute in Palo Alto.
Reading Clyde’s website, which I highly recommend, is a deluge of facts and figures about why and how we should eat and how to make it simple. It is ironic that by following his obsessive regime you actually become less obsessive about reading labels, the right thing just happens automatically. And Clyde jokes that he loves pineapple juice and root beer floats, being healthy doesn’t mean not having fun.
Pinapple Juice!!!!
This guy is one of us …. so check out his
- Vision Statement
- Excellent FAQ on Sports Nutrition
- Crazy Helpful Downloads Page
- Seminar Calendar
Link to Dr Clyde Wilson’s Website
Thanks for posting all the info!
Can you clarify what dark vegitables mean exactly? Banana and cauliflower aren’t dark (in color at least) fruits and veggies, but they are on the shopping list.
Another aspect of Clyde’s research is about longevity … minimizing toxins in our bodies and maximizing nutrients, check out his Core Motivation
So I don’t know exactly about the dark vegetables, he didn’t address it directly in the seminar. I’m sure he talks about it somewhere in the website. But he did talk about bananas as being this kind of health superfood (esp when combined with nut butter and bread) so I think the list is just his list of things to eat that are a good idea. Dark vegetables are much richer in nutrients (per pound) than say, iceberg lettuce.
And cauliflower? Who eats cauliflower? ;-)
OMG you probably have never had Jess’ amazing cauliflower subji! She made it for my parents when they came to visit, and it is fabulous. We really need to have more TikiRobot dinners!
[...] As noted a few weeks ago I went to an awesome seminar by Dr Clyde Wilson about nutrition for endurance athletes. Though I’m not much of an endurance athlete myself, I found this material pretty useful for day to day life. I’m typing up my three pages of notes so I can recycle the paper. [...]