#039: How To Supplement For Optimal Performance With Ryan Munsey

Ryan Munsey is the Chief Optimizer for the American supplement
company Natural Stacks and the host of the very popular Optimal
Performance Podcast (LINK ZUM PODCAST). Before that, the
well-trained nutrition and supplement expert used to be a fitness
model and gym owner before he started developing his own brand as
a speaker, author and self-experimenting biohacker.


As one of Natural Stacks leading guys, Ryan helps develop
supplements of the highest quality as well as run their
successful podcast. Unfortunately, some of the Natural Stacks
products are prohibited in Germany due to European novel food
regulations. I got to know Ryan at the Paleo(fx) conference last
year in Austin and ever since we kept in touch. We both spoke at
the Biohacker Summit in Helsinki last year and then really bonded
at the incredible offsite event in the Finnish countryside as
described in the anecdote above.


In this episode, Ryan and I talk about how to choose your
supplements, which ones might make sense and which ones you
should avoid. With an ever increasing amount of stuff you can
take, Ryan explains his approach in choosing his stack. Natural
Stacks fans will love the part where Ryan explains the working
mechanisms of the company’s flagship product CILTEP as well as
other products’ like Magnesium L-Threonate and Curcumin.


Enjoy!



SHOW NOTES
2:00 Ryan´s story and his beginnings with Natural Stacks
5:00 The supplements Ryan takes and his take on them
12:30 On exogenous ketones
14:40 What is CILTEP and how does it work?
25:00 Which supplements you should stay away from
31:00 Where the hype about taking supplements comes from
40:00 On different kinds of magnesium and symptoms of a magnesium
deficiency
51:00 The best supplements for optimal performance
57:30 Effective methods for sustainable muscle building
1:04:00 Ryan’s most recent passion
1:07:00 What Ryan’s 80 year old future self would advice him
today