Meet Our Team of Experts
Dr. Berardi and his company, Precision Nutrition, Inc. have one purpose: to take the latest in advanced nutrition research and teach it to others in a way that doesn’t take an advanced degree to figure out.
Through his company, Precision Nutrition, Inc., Dr. Berardi has worked in the exercise and nutrition arena for over a decade, working with individuals from all walks of life, from the sedentary to athletes at the highest level of sport.
Dr. Berardi is also a member of the board of directors for the International Youth Conditioning Association, the premier international authority with respect to athletic development and young athlete-based conditioning.
Training with Nellie involves a comprehensive approach to integrating & maintaining the delicate balance between exercise, nutrition & lifestyle!
Nellie is an experienced triathlete with a background in swimming & a pallet for the paleo diet. Nell Stephenson offers the modern athlete an ancient recipe for success.
Chef Rachel The Healthy Cooking Coach teaches people how to cook up healthier, more productive lives. From cooking classes to cooking parties and through cookbooks, one-on-one coaching, magazine articles, and speaking engagements.
Rachel’s speciality is helping people with special needs follow wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-and/or casein-free, corn-free, grain-free, peanut-free, egg-free, or preservative-free diets.
Her books include~ The Ice Dream Cookbook: Dairy-Free Ice Cream Alternatives with Gluten-Free Cookies, Compotes & Sauces (Planetary Press, October of 2008), and the award-winning book, The Garden of Eating: A Produce-Dominated Diet & Cookbook (Planetary Press, 2004) with Don Matesz. Rachel also developed 130 recipes for 2 books by Barry Sears including Zone Meals in Seconds (HarperCollins, 2004).
Recommended Reading
Serious endurance athletes require high calorie, quick acting yet sustaining fuel that is preferably rich in nutrients to perform at their best. Here you will find a collection of useful resources including recipes, articles and recommended products, to fuel your racing engine!
The following 2 part article by Dr. John Berardi, explores a variety of ‘on the go’ nutrition options for endurance athletes.
Performance Nutrition for Athletic Development
The PN System provides you with 10 guidebooks, the Gourmet Nutrition volume 1 cookbook, & a full membership to the PN Member Zone, where you’ll find an online library & 24/7 private support forums.
Organized in an entertaining and instructive format, it’s got everything you need to get the body you want.
The Right Mindset
• Learn! Know the right info, how to implement it and how to internalize it
• Use the right map! Are you headed in the right direction?
• Raise your standards!
• Start today!
The Right Information
• Avoid falling victim to the “expert problem”
• The relationship between eating for health and eating for optimal body composition
• Health objectives
• Body composition objectives
• The 7 habits of highly effective nutrition plans
The Right Plan
• Creating a meal plan based on the 7 habits
• When the one-size fits all works
• Shopping successfully
• Planning meals successfully
• Eating successfully
• The First Supper
Bonus Segments
• Grocery Store: Putting the rules into practice
• Kitchen: The daily 30 minute cooking routine
Individualization
• Introduction
• The fad of individualization
• What does true individualization mean?
• From one size fits all to tailoring your program
Your Most Important Concern
• The “Ingenuity Gap”
• Adopting a problem solving mind
• Finding “AND” solutions
• Nutrition AND your personal lifestyle
• Defending against “EITHER/OR”
The Details of Nutritional Individualization
• Demystifying program design
• The decision making procedures we use every day
• The three criterion for program design
• Achieving body composition results
Bonus Segments
• Roundtable: Elaborating on the “No Nonsense” principles
• Human Performance Lab: A tour of the facilities
In The Garden of Eating: A Produce-Dominated Diet and Cookbook Chef Rachel Albert-Matesz & Don Matesz clearly explain the benefits of modeling our diets after hunter-gatherer food ways, and convert these ideals into a practical guide to dietary change, including
€ Top tips for stocking, outfitting, and organizing a whole-foods kitchen
€ Sample menus, meal prep plans, and shopping lists
€ Methods and resources for making a natural foods diet economical
€ 250 delicious grain- and dairy-free recipes for
€ Cooked leafy greens, flowering vegetables and shoots
€ Side salads and main-dish salads
€ Roots, tubers, squash, and other vegetables
€ Salad dressings, sauces, sprinkles, spice rubs, and relishes
€ Fresh and dried fruits
€ Nut-based sweets and treats
€ Eggs, fish, poultry, and red meat
€ Beverages, smoothies, and Vita-Mix whole food juices
€ Alternative natural sweeteners including stevia and agavé nectar
€ Holiday and special occasion
€ Proper preparation of whole grains
