Pro Climbers Diet - What does Alexander Megos eat for dinner ?

This is the first part of our cooking show. Many of you asked for videos about food and nutrition so here is our first video. It includes on of my daily dinners with a lot of useful nutritional information. #nutrition #food #cooking #healthyrecipe #healthy

Let us know what you think about this video and give us some feedback in the comments.
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Alexander Megos
edit: Chris Hanke

[Aluclol]

Alex looks pretty nice with his hair just swiped to the side, almost like a badass final fantasy character haha

[Noshuas]

Thanks for the consistent youtube uploads!

I love at how relatable you appear to be in these videos. One could easily forget that you were engineered in a laboratory somewhere. 😅

[touchKRas]

I am currently getting a masters in nutrition and dietetics and I appreciated Alex's points on eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, eating seasonal produce, and eating a diet that will lead to a healthy gut microbiome.

[guido]

I appreciate the environmental aspect of Alex's conversation. People with influence can make a difference by showimg how little effort this type of lifestyle can take. I know we all travel a lot for climbing, and this is an aspect of our lives that is hard to give up, but if we all ate this way we help reduce the impact on future climate change. The meat and dairy industry makes up around 15 percent of GHG emissions. We need a sustainable future if we want a livable planet.

[HD-tyng]

Love that you're showing that being athletic and vegan diet can go hand in hand

[goloher]

The world should know that I've started growing carrots on my balcony (!) because of you. In case anyone interested: it's Parisienne, or Paris market variety, cool for containers and are a fun shape/size of a small ball like a little raddish.

[drcraby]

Actually good fitness diet for once. Most fitness diets, whether rock climbing or not, are usually just "eat a shit ton of protein and enough calories to build muscle" which for strength, isn't inherently bad advice, but it completely neglects health. So really good video Alex

[joshjenkinson]

Diet is an extremely tough topic to get the absolute truth on, with advice ever changing over time. For this reason I go with a balanced diet using all types of fresh and unprocessed ingredients as much as possible. I’ve found that a good level of protein is especially important to train hard in climbing.

[johnmorsley]

Seeing someone like you, eat plant based food, is very inspiring!

[pttnastick]

I ate a whole pizza while watching this video XD

[diegoamalfitano]

A friend told me recently to fry vegetables in the pan WITHOUT any oil and to add raw OLIVE oil afterwards to keep it's properties and taste to the full. You need a good pan, that's for sure, but makes sense. I'll give it a try. In the meantime, I fry with olive oil and, sometimes, with sunflower seed oil. Thanks a lot Alex. Also for the not use of animal products in the video.

[sightreader]

The idea of tracking the number of different fruits and vegetables per week is a great idea to make a healthy varied diet more fun! I'm definitely going to start doing it and try to beat 40! It feels easy at the beginning of the week but I'm sure it gets tough when you've gone through all the items you typically introduce in your diet, hence giving an incentive to eat others as well

Thanks for the idea!

[fabiopalma]

Watching such diet by one of the most renowned climbers of today, really motivates me to continue my diet and keep climbing hard!! Thanks Alex!😄

[tilen]

Not only was that an interesting video with plenty of cool tidbits about vegetarian and vegan food, it's also cool to see your commitment to climate change even with small things like strawberries. Definately subscribed and I hope you publish more soon.

Ps. Would love to watch you cook more

[rafeeeefar]

The thumbnail on this video is just excellent. Funny and really captures the topic, very informative content. Subbed!

[kdc]

Please do more videos like this. Like full day of eating and training.

[rumpleforeskin]

For the oil, filtered extra virgin olive oil is my go to unless I'm searing something. It has a higher smoke point, more shelf life, and almost identical health benefits to unfiltered. highly processed oils (common in the US, not sure about Europe) have a higher smoke point also, but have their own issues associated with them. I like to keep an unfiltered small bottle of EVOO for finishing/raw food and a larger container of filtered EVOO for 80% of what I cook. Great details in this video :)

[Khelse]

I swear Alex, you are my favorite vlogger

[FooDawg]

The only thing with salt intake and relying on products (like soy sauce) to bring salt into the diet, is it's usually the only way people get iodine in their diet (iodized salt). You don't need to use a lot to get daily intake of iodine, just a pinch here and there, and iodine prevents goiters from occurring. As a registered nurse, I would encourage people to research that info and try to fit it in to their diet where it would work for each person individually. A good measure of iodine levels, would be a simple iodine skin test, to see if your body is low. Sodium is important for cardiac health and body/blood Ph also, so I would never suggest anyone completely cut salt out of the diet totally. Pink salt and fancy salts do not inherently have iodine in them, so my recommendation would b e to incorporate iodized salt in very small measurable amounts to ensure appropriate levels of iodine intake.

Cheers, good video promoting more plant intake and less processed crap! I approve!

[vquince]

"Celsius that is, obviously" hahahaha, loved that comment, greeting from Mexico