#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