For those of you who know me know that I am not the best cook/food preparer. It's unfortunate, because I tend to really enjoy myself... when I force myself to do it. With my dramatic reduction in training volume due to the off season and the birth of Charlie, I have been attempting to follow a more strict eating regimen. It's way too early to get a "Dad's Bod". I have toyed with many "diets" over the years, where I adhere for a few months and assess my general feeling (i.e. body composition, energy levels, mood, recovery, clearness of thought, etc.). I have tried vegetarian, vegan, raw (one of the shortest), paleo, high-fat/low carb and many more which I can address in another blog post. In my experience one of the best overall in terms of the criteria listed above, has been the paleo diet. I think this is due to the fact that you aren't necessarily restricting any macromolecules, you are just choosing to obtain them from high quality, natural and healthy sources.

I originally heard about ENERGYbits® on the Ben Greenfield podcast. Ben Greenfield continually mentions that he pops these little nutrient dense bits like popcorn, with nothing but good things to say... Minus the mouth changing green color they typically leave behind if you dare to chew them. ENERGYbits® is a flourishing company based out of Boston, MA. and they are trying to make algae a common household vegetable in North America. Catharine Arnston, the CEO and CSO of ENERGYbits®, is a board certified health councillor in nutrition and also recently appeared on the Ben Greenfield podcast. After listening to the interview, I decided to give these supposed miracle veggies, which have been researched by both the UN and NASA, a try (partly because Catharine and I share a similar Canadian heritage). The following post is a combination of what I have learnt through that interview, my own personal trial and a further deep dive into the literature on these prehistoric plants (or technically bacteria in spirulina's case).