Conor's nutritionist, George Lockhart

Nutritionist is actually a job title for scammers.

A nutritionist is a non-accredited title that may apply to somebody who has done a short course in nutrition or who has given themselves this title. The term Nutritionist is not protected by law in almost all countries so people with different levels of and knowledge can call themselves a “Nutritionist”.

If you want some legit help then you should be hiring dietitian

A dietitian is a health professional who has university qualifications consisting of a 4-year Bachelor Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or a 3-year Science Degree followed by a Master Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, including a certain period of practical training in different hospital and community settings (in the U.S. 1200 hours of supervised practice are required in different areas). Some dietitians also further their knowledge and skills by pursuing various Specialist Dietetic qualifications. Dietitian is an expert in prescribing therapeutic nutrition.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but dieticians are trained to help sick and average people eat the right food to stay healthy. They're not specialized in nutrition to improve athletic performance.

I have taken a nutrition class, and their nutritional recommendation for athletes are just way off when it comes to things such as protein recommendation.
 
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but dieticians are trained to help sick and average people eat the right food to stay healthy. They're not specialized in nutrition to improve athletic performance.

I have taken a nutrition class, and their nutritional recommendation for athletes are just way off when it comes to things such as protein recommendation.

Licensed/registered Dietitians have many specializations ( RD/LD)

  • Clinical—work in hospital and other health care facilities. Part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Community—work with wellness programs and international health organizations.
  • Foodservice—responsible for large-scale food planning and service.
  • Gerontological—specialists in nutrition and aging.
  • Pediatric—provide health advice for persons under the age of 18.
  • Research—studies and researches nutrition and dietetics.
  • Administrative—manages dietary department and implements policy and procedure.
  • Business—serve as resource people for the media.
  • Consultant—works under contract in private and public institutions counseling staff on proper nutrition.

TLDR Dietitian describes a broad level of Jobs, Sports dietitian is one of them. So if you are an athlete you will go to one of the them.

Here is the job description of sport dietitian if you want to know more

http://www.scandpg.org/sports-dietitian-job-description/




 
Fighters are on PEDs. Most nutritionists only help normal people. If you've been on some substances before, you know you must eat differently than normal people. I think conor's doctor gives him the instruction on how to eat

P.S. I'm not accusing Conor is on PEDs
 
That's because the game is evolving. You don't roll in after a few beers and start swinging. The game has changed and the fighters are professionals in every aspect.

A good thing in my opinion. Makes people respect MMA more.

You're talking about the fighters. I'm talking about Sherbros. Apart from a couple of exceptions two completely different groups of people, mentally and physically. Your average Sherbro could probably do with a nutritionist in their life but LOL nope.
 
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but dieticians are trained to help sick and average people eat the right food to stay healthy. They're not specialized in nutrition to improve athletic performance.

I have taken a nutrition class, and their nutritional recommendation for athletes are just way off when it comes to things such as protein recommendation.
That's the easy stuff.

Most become a dietitian and then do an additional sports dietetics course. ACSM is what every sports dietitian should refer to. Leaders in their field and everything is based on research.
 
Unless your making this up for the sake of argument, why would you cut back just 20 (grams?) of carbs...which is less than what a banana has
I just said it as an example and then clarified my actual routine afterwards which would be 10% of my baseline every week. I've done poor ketosis diets before where I crashed when I cut too quickly and would lose quite a bit of mass and couldn't stick with it. It could work with 20 if you stick with it. I mean it could be -1 carb a day if you wanted as long as you stuck with it until you hit your goal. It's not a sprint, and dialing in exactly what your body needs to achieve your goals can take months. It's not a sprint, it's a marathon.

And 20 carb's is 80 calories. Over 7 days, that's 560 calories. You'd steadily lose weight over time with 1 less banana and it would take minimal lifestyle changes (assuming you've already figured your TDEE accurately.)
 
Licensed/registered Dietitians have many specializations ( RD/LD)

  • Clinical—work in hospital and other health care facilities. Part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Community—work with wellness programs and international health organizations.
  • Foodservice—responsible for large-scale food planning and service.
  • Gerontological—specialists in nutrition and aging.
  • Pediatric—provide health advice for persons under the age of 18.
  • Research—studies and researches nutrition and dietetics.
  • Administrative—manages dietary department and implements policy and procedure.
  • Business—serve as resource people for the media.
  • Consultant—works under contract in private and public institutions counseling staff on proper nutrition.

TLDR Dietitian describes a broad level of Jobs, Sports dietitian is one of them. So if you are an athlete you will go to one of the them.

Here is the job description of sport dietitian if you want to know more

http://www.scandpg.org/sports-dietitian-job-description/

You didn't have to TLDR. I read a lot of research articles on PubMed in my spare time. I have taken nutrition courses, exercise physiology, human physiology, etc., so the above list isn't very long and I read it all :).

Ok, so most dietitian are not trained specifically for nutrition for athletic performance, unless they get specialized training. And please correct me if I'm wrong, but sport nutrition isn't very complex if we're just talking about food, caloric intakes, vitamins and minerals, which are what most dieticians deal with in sport nutrition.

High caloric intake to gain mass (both fat and muscle).
High carbs and carbs loading for endurance events.
High protein, low carbs to lose fat.
Potassium and calcium for muscle contraction.
etc., etc.

So, my point is that for athletic enhancement purposes, a sport dieticians with biochemistry and other complex course works and years of clinical work in hospitals and clinics dealing with sick and regular people are not more qualified than a sport "nutritionists" who have working experience with real athletes and know what works and what doesn't work to improve performance.
 
That's the easy stuff.

Most become a dietitian and then do an additional sports dietetics course. ACSM is what every sports dietitian should refer to. Leaders in their field and everything is based on research.

Yep, as I mentioned, sport nutrition isn't very complex at all.

The goal of improving athletic performance is about getting results. Knowing the right things to do to improve performance is ultimate what matters. Many times, it is as simple as eating a banana to get the potassium and drinking electrolyte water to maintain performance.

The only area where complex knowledge is needed is when we are dealing with performance enhancing drugs, where advanced understanding of biochemistry, physiology, hormones, etc. becomes necessary and useful.
 
You didn't have to TLDR. I read a lot of research articles on PubMed in my spare time. I have taken nutrition courses, exercise physiology, human physiology, etc., so the above list isn't very long and I read it all :).

Ok, so most dietitian are not trained specifically for nutrition for athletic performance, unless they get specialized training. And please correct me if I'm wrong, but sport nutrition isn't very complex if we're just talking about food, caloric intakes, vitamins and minerals, which are what most dieticians deal with in sport nutrition.

High caloric intake to gain mass (both fat and muscle).
High carbs and carbs loading for endurance events.
High protein, low carbs to lose fat.
Potassium and calcium for muscle contraction.
etc., etc.

So, my point is that for athletic enhancement purposes, a sport dieticians with biochemistry and other complex course works and years of clinical work in hospitals and clinics dealing with sick and regular people are not more qualified than a sport "nutritionists" who have working experience with real athletes and know what works and what doesn't work to improve performance.

Yep, as I mentioned, sport nutrition isn't very complex at all.

The goal of improving athletic performance is about getting results. Knowing the right things to do to improve performance is ultimate what matters. Many times, it is as simple as eating a banana to get the potassium and drinking electrolyte water to maintain performance.

The only area where complex knowledge is needed is when we are dealing with performance enhancing drugs, where advanced understanding of biochemistry, physiology, hormones, etc. becomes necessary and useful.

What you said is true, Sports nutrition isn't complicated. So a person with a minimum nutrition course can cut it.

I think @I see stiffness can answer this question better than me cause he is certified dietitian & has field experience unlike me.

Accredited dietitians are qualified for MNC( Medical nutrition therapy) or clinical nutrition consultations. Now I don't know if any athlete will ever need it, or anyone who will be in this type of therapy will want to compete in any kind of athletic endeavor.
 
Yep, as I mentioned, sport nutrition isn't very complex at all.

The goal of improving athletic performance is about getting results. Knowing the right things to do to improve performance is ultimate what matters. Many times, it is as simple as eating a banana to get the potassium and drinking electrolyte water to maintain performance.

The only area where complex knowledge is needed is when we are dealing with performance enhancing drugs, where advanced understanding of biochemistry, physiology, hormones, etc. becomes necessary and useful.
But we are still learning about our physiology. It may be "as simple as" at the moment simply because the research is limited or has not been done yet. It's constantly evolving.

We are still learning about hormones and breaking literature may change the parts of the day we exercise based on our body's circadian rhythm. It's a hell of a lot more than just performance enhancing drugs. We don't fully understand how a number of foods impact us. Dietary supplementation is changing and you only have to look at how caffeine research exploded after WADA lifted the ban in 2004 to see how little we know. Now research is moving towards an individual's genetics (what may improve your performance by 6% may only improve mine by 4%. Or you have the debate of responders vs. non-responders that show no effect) - so the grouping of individuals may change and change what a number of individuals ingest. Look at hydration too, temperature and humidity can play a massive part. Before it was hard to measure, but now we can measure an athlete's dermal and core temperatures to see what effect the heat and electrolyte drinks are having. We don't just say have x number of mL's per an hour, we say have these and this depending on these variables. An athlete may also have gastrointestinal distress when ingesting large amounts of carbohydrate/electrolyte solutions so you may need to find alternatives for them.

These are just small examples of things that could potentially change what we tell athletes to eat, drink, swallow, and in what amount and at what time.

What we are doing in research is trying to fill the gaps so nutritionists/dietitians can tell their athletes how to elicit a positive outcome and to find the most effective way to enhance their performance.
 
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No lol. Brolce = scam, he's not an actual nutritionist. Lockhart learned his trade in the military fueling America's finest. That's the guy I want in charge of my food before a fight.

This made me laugh. America's finest?

Come on, you can't be serious.
 
He's playing customer with that chef in the kitchen
 
Now he has a new excuse for his loss.

"My body wasn't efficient with the glycogen storages."
 
Everything Conor does is wrong, according to forums.

Boxing = terrible
BJJ = non existent
TDD = none
Kicking = just for show
Style = stolen
Tattoos = awful
Upbringing = privileged
UFC run = protected
PPV buys = unimpressive
Coach = Edmund
SBG = overrated
Nutritionist = unnecessary
Dee = gold digger
Pre-Diaz = handpicked
Post-Diaz = ducking, somehow...
Bravo, well done. And they say those things about a UFC champion lol.
 
This made me laugh. America's finest?

Come on, you can't be serious.
Seeing they are watching your ass, I am serious. Unless your a commie. Commie.
 
You didn't have to TLDR. I read a lot of research articles on PubMed in my spare time. I have taken nutrition courses, exercise physiology, human physiology, etc., so the above list isn't very long and I read it all :).

Ok, so most dietitian are not trained specifically for nutrition for athletic performance, unless they get specialized training. And please correct me if I'm wrong, but sport nutrition isn't very complex if we're just talking about food, caloric intakes, vitamins and minerals, which are what most dieticians deal with in sport nutrition.

High caloric intake to gain mass (both fat and muscle).
High carbs and carbs loading for endurance events.
High protein, low carbs to lose fat.
Potassium and calcium for muscle contraction.
etc., etc.

So, my point is that for athletic enhancement purposes, a sport dieticians with biochemistry and other complex course works and years of clinical work in hospitals and clinics dealing with sick and regular people are not more qualified than a sport "nutritionists" who have working experience with real athletes and know what works and what doesn't work to improve performance.
Depends on where you study. You don't just do clinic hours during your masters. You have rightly pointed out a flaw in the system that I have a gripe with too. Other topics have options in their masters degrees (research, coursework etc). I think you should have three options: sports, clinic, or research. The end game would still be a dietitian but you could be more specific instead of a jack of all trades. They'd have similar components, but tailored differences.

I knew I was going to do research so I did extra lab stuff on the side and that sort of stuff helps with scholarship and job offers. I have friends that wanted to focus on sports so they did part time work (paid and unpaid) with boxers, footballers, cyclists, and rugby players. Which works out well because those jobs turn to full time and you get networks (similar to have Lockhart has stamped his mark on MMA) than allow me to get funding and participants, whereas they get tests done on their athletes (think of Kavanagh talking about VO2 testing etc.)

The noticeable difference is sports dietitians that do research improve the knowledge in the area. So while a nutritionist (the real ones) are working with the athletes, they are reliant on us to update the field and keep them informed when significant findings have been found.
 
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