MMA Navy SEAL Carb Training - Muscle-Building Superfoods with Mitch Aguiar | Mike Drop #188

About this video

Mike Ritland interviews Mitch Aguiar, an MMA fighter and Navy SEAL, about his nutrition and training approach. Aguiar describes maintaining a low-carb, high-fat diet even during fight camps, and regularly performing 10-day fasts consuming only his greens supplements while training intensely. He argues that the body needs nutrients rather than food itself, and that hunger signals nutrient deficiency rather than calorie needs. Aguiar emphasizes single-ingredient whole foods, typically eating one meal per day consisting mainly of protein and healthy fats.

Key takeaways

• Aguiar claims he does not increase carb intake during fight camps and has trained fasted for 10 days while sparring, rolling, lifting, and swimming without issues
• Aguiar references studies suggesting calories matter more than carbohydrates for workout performance, and that fat-based diets provide more consistent energy than carb-based ones for endurance activities
• Aguiar distinguishes between hunger (which he views as the body craving nutrients) and cravings (desire for specific foods), and advocates eating single-ingredient whole foods without counting macros

Episode details: published May 19, 2024 · 4.6K views · 8:14 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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