Season 9: When Change Happens โ€“ How Top Performers Take Messy Action with Confidence & Grit!!
March 7, 2020

M.O.P. - 006 - CONCUSSIONS! WHY NUTRITION MATTERS FOR YOUNG & CURRENT ATHLETES

M.O.P. - 006 - CONCUSSIONS! WHY NUTRITION MATTERS FOR YOUNG & CURRENT ATHLETES
๐ŸŽ™๐Œ๐ž๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ - ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ™โฃ โฃ โฃ Welcome to the Men Of Purpose Podcast! We are your hosts, Dezi Abeyta and Matt R Frakes! Proud Husbands, Fathers, and Sports Dietitian Entrepreneurs! This podcast is for all those Fathers and Future Fathers out there that are looking to build better relationships with themselves first so that they can build better relationships with their families through nutrition and lifestyle coaching.โฃโฃโฃ โฃ In this episode, we talked more about Mattโ€™s research on ๐‚๐Ž๐๐‚๐”๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐๐”๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Œ๐€๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐๐† ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐”๐‘๐‘๐„๐๐“ ๐€๐“๐‡๐‹๐„๐“๐„๐’! During this chat, you will learn the following:โฃ โฃ 2:00 - What is a concussion โฃ 5:10 - The different nutrients in brain health and the โ€œenergy crisisโ€โฃ 7:20 - Whatโ€™s seen across different sports with concussionsโฃ 9:00 - The nutritional status on the risk of concussionsโฃ 11:10 - Fatigue increasing the risk of injury & inflammationโฃ 14:25 - โ€œDiet does not have to be perfectโ€ but consistency is keyโฃ 16:20 - Taking research with a grain of saltโฃ 18:30 - What we can do to emphasize the healing processโฃ 29:20 - showing vulnerability as a family man in athleticsโฃ 32:00 - The 3 takeaways for health, nutrition, and concussion recovery โฃ โฃ โฃ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!โฃ