About this episode

Michael Easter discusses UFC weight cutting with nutritionist Tyler Minton, exploring its implications for everyday dieting and fat loss.

UFC fighters routinely lose 10 to 20 pounds in the 5 days before a weigh-in — then put it all back on in the 24 hours before stepping into the Octagon. It is one of the most extreme metabolic feats in sports, and almost no one talks about what it actually teaches us about everyday fat loss. In this episode, Michael Easter sits down with Tyler Minton, the nutritionist behind some of the UFC's top fighters and current advisor to Naval Special Warfare. Tyler nearly died from his own weight cut years ago preparing for a fight, which sent him on a long quest for knowledge to rebuild how elite combat athletes prepare. He breaks down the exact protocol fighters follow and why the old "eat less, run more" model destroyed careers. Finally, they discuss the science behind UFC weight cutting and what it reveals about crash diets, GLP-1s, and why most diets cause rebound weight gain. Two Percent is hosted by Michael Easter. Today’s episode was produced by Joey Fischground, Robbie Hiser, Dana Brawer and Julia Nutter. From Kaleidoscope, our executive producers are Mangesh Hattikudur and Kate Osborn and Julia Nutter. From iHeart, our executive producers are Katrina Norvell and Nikki…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Easter

Guest: Tyler Minton

Topics covered

• UFC weight cutting
• diet and nutrition
• metabolic feats
• fat loss
• crash diets
• rebound weight gain

Keywords

• UFC
• weight cutting
• nutrition
• fat loss
• crash diets
• GLP-1
• rebound weight gain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UFC, Naval Special Warfare, Kaleidoscope, iHeart

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