Adam Hollioake captained the England cricket team for a significant period and performed at peak international level. Having done that, he has now gone carnivore and we discuss the differences it has made to his life and physical performance.

Timestamps below:

00:00 Trailer
1:15 Intro
2:08 Why did Adam go carnivore?
3:27 Just one week for first changes
4:30 When carnivore started
4:53 Thoughts on changes so far and preconceived hurdles
6:10 Transitioning and cravings
7:43 Concerns of cholesterol and blood test results
8:32 Salt brands
9:15 Challenges of going carnivore and weekly meat volume
11:04 Continuous Glucose Monitor usage
11:41 Diabetes scare and cutting out sugar
18:45 Weight maintenance / glucose levels
21:30 Glucose level physiology
22:33 Body monitors Adam used to learn about his physiology
25:12 Overall health improvements from carnivore
26:38 Oat milk myths and cholesterol reading
27:25 Trying vegetarianism
27:50 The Game Changers myths dispelled
31:20 Trying a typical bodybuilder diet (chicken, broccoli…)
32:12 Toxins in broccoli
33:27 Cutting out carbs and having fat-free meat to carnivore
34:30 Dangers of seed/unsaturated oils
36:05 Energy levels on carnivore
37:20 Mental health on carnivore
38:40 Sleep levels/quality
40:10 Current athlete views on sleep quality
40:58 Education given to pro athletes on health
42:30 Tech for pro athletes
43:00 Advice/tests given to pro athletes on diet
45:25 Fat measurements
46:45 Collecting data from athletes today and video analysis
48:55 Video data for training
51:23 Which players tested well/poorly?
53:22 Andrew Flintoff physical/mental health journey
55:15 Carnivore lifestyle during Adam’s playing days
57:45 Exercise recovery on carnivore
59:47 Dr. Abs’ powerlifting history
1:01:06 Adam’s recovery routine and training mentality
1:04:35 Typical day of eating for Adam
1:06:45 Eating after exercise
1:09:00 Adam’s intermittent fasting
1:11:39 Eating before exercise
1:13:36 Losing millions and affecting mental health in 2008
1:19:42 Teaching carnivore to aspiring athletes
1:21:10 Responses from doctors to carnivore diet
1:22:40 Professional cricketer’s training program
1:26:45 Adam’s gym programming
1:28:00 Gym programming for current pro cricketers
1:29:19 Current England cricketers training potential
1:30:43 Balancing coaching vs. natural instinct for young athletes
1:32:19 Coaching lifestyle to young athletes
1:33:40 Dealing with abuse and haters
1:37:40 Career advice to his younger self
1:39:30 Competing against teammates
1:40:12 Mental health advice to his younger self
1:42:25 Advice for people thinking about carnivore
1:45:10 Resources for getting into carnivore
1:48:21 Adam’s thoughts of cholesterol
1:51:20 Adam’s future goals
1:55:00 What would Adam change in pro cricket to improve performance?
1:59:58 Mental health and death in cricket

This Podcast is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact.