Psychological Vigor?

Dr. Shawn Talbott (Ph.D., CNS, LDN, FACSM, FACN, FAIS) has gone from triathlon struggler to gut-brain guru! With a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry, he's on a mission to boost everyday human performance through the power of natural solutions and the gut-brain axis.

When people ask me what I do, I usually just say that I’m a “nutritionist” – it’s easier – and it’s usually enough at a party or networking event to get a nod, a smile, and a “very interesting” before moving on to the important stuff.

Every once in awhile, someone will ask, “what kind of nutrition?” – which allows me to explain that I’m trained in nutritional biochemistry (PhD Rutgers) and exercise physiology (MS Umass Amherst) – so I study how nutrition/exercise influence the body. Often, they’ll assume that I’m a “sports nutritionist” – and while I’m also a diplomate in sports nutrition with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), I don’t really “do” sports nutrition per se.

Rather, most of my research and writing (13 books) centers around how nutrition/exercise can change our biochemistry/physiology – and how those changes make us FEEL (psychology). I guess that makes me more of a pyscho-nutritional biochemist? Or a nutritional biopsychologist? Or maybe just a psycho?  ;^)

At any rate – whatever you call me – the work that I do is nicely encapsulated in the two audio files below. One is a 20-min Keynote lecture that I gave at a Behavioral Medicine conference a few years ago (Stress and Cortisol – Walking the Tight Rope) – and the other is a 90-min Tutorial from the same conference (Vigor 7 Days to Unlimited Energy, Focus, and Well-Being). The keynote is high-level and the tutorial gets into the details of stress physiology/biochemistry, nutrition/lifestyle interventions, and overall impact on psychological mood states such as vigor/burnout, depression, anxiety, and overall mental wellness.

If you’re curious about the inter-relationships between biochemistry, physiology, and psychology, then please take a listen and let me know your thoughts?

 

 

Thanks,

Shawn

 

About the Author

Exercise physiologist (MS, UMass Amherst) and Nutritional Biochemist (PhD, Rutgers) who studies how lifestyle influences our biochemistry, psychology and behavior - which kind of makes me a "Psycho-Nutritionist"?!?!

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