043: Low Carb, High Fat, ACL Injuries, How AFL Players Eat & Train with world renowned Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician Dr Peter Brukner.

The Health Project

In this episode of The Health Project I am lucky to have a conversation with Dr Peter Brukner OAM – Prof Sports Medicine, Author, Founder SugarByHalf. Dr Brukner is an OAM Order of Australia Medallist and he’s a world renowned Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician and Researcher. Up until recently Dr. Brukner was the team Doctor for the Australian Cricket Team, a position that he held for 5 years. Dr. Brukner held similar positions at the Liverpool Football Club and Melbourne and Collingwood AFL Clubs and the Australian Soccer Team and also Sports Doctor across multiple National Olympic Commonwealth Games Athletics Teams. Dr. Brukner is now the Professor of Sports Medicine at Latrobe University, he is also the author of numerous books including Clinical Sports Medicine and Food for Sport and most recently released A fat lot of Good – how the experts got food and diet so wrong and how you can take back control of your health. The information inside this book will really have an impact on your physical performance and your health. ‘A Fat Lot of Good’ is an exploration into our current food guidelines and how Dr Brukner believes we got it so wrong. He shares how he changed to a low carbohydrate, High Fat consumption and he shares why he made this change and how it can improve your health. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jed-zimmer/message