Graeme Close

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The Offload · British and Irish Lions Head of Performance Graeme Close – THE DRESSING ROOM: Unlocked | The Offload · 5 May 2026 podcast

And that's about what I use now.

I'll put maybe one or two on top.

You might put creatine on top of that for certain individuals.

But for me, if you think about nutrition as a pyramid,

The first thing is that we get the base of the pyramid right, which is the actual foods that we eat.

And then on top of that, then we've got things like our recovery, sleep, rest.

And then at the very top of the pyramid is the supplements.

But if you flip that pyramid upside down, everything's going to fall down.

There's no base to build upon.

So I'll quite often deliberately strip away supplements

uh and start again and that's what we did with you uh eventually we may have added one or two back in but it was really important that we we made sure that the foundation was right

Yeah, I think you only need to look at, you know, the health of modern society to realise that there's something not quite right.

And part of that, I think, is the convenience of less than desirable food.

You know...

If I was, when I was growing up, if I wanted a quick break at lunch, you might have a cup of coffee.

These days you have a frappe mappuccino, don't you?

6,700 calories with whipped cream and then a muffin at the side.

And before you know it, you've had your days with the calories in a little convenient drink.

So there's lots of areas where it's going wrong.

We are entering this era of the ultra-processed foods where

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