Bio:
Danny is the founder of Sigma Nutrition, a company providing educational media content on evidence-based nutrition & performance. Sigma Nutrition also provides an online coaching service to a wide array of clients. Danny works as a performance nutritionist to a number of professional MMA fighters and boxers.
Danny hosts the top-ranked weekly podcast, Sigma Nutrition Radio. Each week a world-renowned expert from one of the fields of nutrition, health, medicine, or sports performance, comes on the show to dive deep into a specific topic with Danny. The show is regularly at the top of the iTunes health and fitness charts, having amassed over 2.8 million downloads as of January 2018.
Danny has an academic background in science and nutrition, including earning a master’s degree (MSc.) in Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork. During this time Danny was involved in research on vitamin D, directly under the world-renowned researcher Professor Kevin Cashman. Previous to this Danny also completed a BSc. Degree in biology and physics education and spent a year teaching these subjects.
Outside of the nutrition world, Danny is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt, competes as a drug-free powerlifter and is a life-long Arsenal fan.
 
Show Notes:Websites and Social Media Links:
 
Sigma NutritionFacebook – Sigma NutritionTwitter - @NutritionDannyInstagram - sigmanutritionBooks Mentioned:
 
Danny’s Book Recommendations
4-Hour Work Week
 
Books Mentioned by Robbie
Non-Linear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition
How to Eat Move and be Healthy
 
Articles Mentioned:
 
The Triangle of Focus
Calorie Deficits #1: Understanding the Nuances of Energy Balance
Is Slow & Steady Actually the Best Way to Diet? (Calorie Deficits #2)
The Pros and Cons of Aggressive Dieting [Calories Deficits #3]
Podcasts Mentioned:
Sigma Nutrition: Episode 38: Dan Pardi
Sigma Nutrition: Episode 131: Dan PardiSigma Nutrition: Episode 154: Jeff Rothschild Sigma Nutrition: Episode 213: Greg PotterAll Things Strength and Wellness: Episode 114: Eric Helms – Nutrition Hierarchy Part 1
All Things Strength and Wellness: Episode 115: Eric Helms – Nutrition Hierarchy Part 2All Things Strength and Wellness: Episode 142: Eric Helms – Nutrition Hierarchy Part 3
Websites/ Apps Mentioned:
Cronometer Nutrientoptimiser.com
Resources Mentioned: Eric Helms – 3D Muscle Journey Renaissance Periodization MASS – Greg Nuckols, Eric Helms, and Mike ZourdosMac Nutrition – Martin MacDonaldWeightology – James KreigerAlan Aragon’s Research ReviewExamine.com
 
Time-Line:0:00 – 0:17 – Robbie’s Intro
0:18 – 1:57 - Danny’s Background
1:58 – 3:52 - Robbie ask Danny about this thoughts on how big Sigma Nutrition has grown since Danny established the company and the podcast3:53 – 5:53 - Robbie and Danny discuss – being happy but never satisfied when striving for more success and achievement, and realizing that it’s all about the process5:54 – 9:44 - Robbie asks Danny to discuss the nutritional principles 9:45 – 11:10 - Robbie talks about the difference in nutritional strategies for – hypertrophy, fat loss, sports performance, and health and wellness, and discusses the difference between health vs fitness
11:11 – 13:11 - Danny talks about the “The Triangle of Focus” between health, performance, and body composition
13:12 – 14:46 - Danny discusses the first nutritional principle – energy balance
14:47 – 15:15 - Danny outlines the reminder of the nutritional principle – macronutrient breakdown, micronutrient breakdown, nutrient timing/ meal frequency, and supplementation15:15 – 16:31 - Danny mentions and acknowledges the great nutritional hierarchies put forth by Eric Helms and Renaissance Periodization as extremely helpful resources
16:32 – 18:27 - Danny shares with us the big rocks that he feels need to be in place for most of the general populations dietary needs to attain decent levels of overall health and well-being
18:28 –  22:38 - Robbie askS Danny to clear up some confusion that a lot of individuals h