The Wellness Advice We Actually Need: Protein, Creatine, Supplements & What’s in Our Food with Oliver Amdrup

Oliver Amdrup (0:01)

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

Arielle Lorre (0:06)

This is Well, a podcast about wellness and all its forms. I'm Arielle Lorre, and each week, I'm sharing unfiltered conversations with the people shaping how we feel, live and look. Come for the substance, stay for the honesty, and leave with the tools to be well inside and out.

You may have seen recently that I was in Copenhagen, so I was there in the beginning of the month. And if you were wondering what I was doing there, I was actually there to record today's episode. So I'm so excited that it's finally out. I had the great honor of traveling all the way there to talk to my guest today, Oliver Amdrup. He's the co-founder and CEO of Puori. They have been a longtime podcast sponsor and longtime obsession of mine. But I actually think of Oliver much more broadly as a true wellness expert. He has spent decades in this space and he's held some really unique positions. So I really appreciate his vantage point and his experience that he brings to this conversation. And what I really love is that he's not trying to make wellness more complicated. He's actually trying to separate what our bodies genuinely need from what we have all been marketed. And in this episode, we talk about everything from the differences between wellness culture and even diet culture in Europe and the US to what's really going on with our food supply. We talk how to actually get enough protein and complete amino acids and even creatine, vitamin D, omega 3s, all of those things from food and when it's time to supplement. We talk electrolytes. I actually just had my Puori electrolytes before we recorded this because I was working out. And something that I love about their electrolytes are that they're sweetened with glycine, not artificial sweeteners. So they are my current favorite. And we also talk about which supplements people are genuinely deficient in. Then we get into something I knew very little about, which is actually what can be hiding in the supplements that we take, why third-party testing matters so much, and what Oliver discovered when he started testing finished products. It's really, really fascinating. And this is one of those episodes that will hopefully make wellness not only feel simpler, but also make you a much smarter consumer. Because we all deserve to know what we are putting in our bodies right now. And because they have been a long-time sponsor of the show, they were kind enough to share another discount for Puori. So you can use my code WELL at puori.com/w-e-l-l.

And you can get 32 percent off Puori's grass-fed whey protein when you start a subscription. Plus you'll get a free shaker worth $30. So again, that's puori.com/well. The code is WELL at checkout. And please enjoy my episode with Oliver Amdrup. Welcome.

Oliver Amdrup (2:57)

Yeah, welcome to you as well.

Arielle Lorre (2:59)

Thank you.

I know, I was thinking about that right before I said it. Usually I'm in my studio. Now I'm in your territory.

Oliver Amdrup (3:06)

At least part of the world, yeah, exactly.

Arielle Lorre (3:08)

Your part of the world. And I was telling you before we started recording, it's, I mean, I've only been here 24 hours, but amazing.

Oliver Amdrup (3:16)

To Copenhagen.

Arielle Lorre (3:17)

Thank you, thank you. And I was reading last night too that it's largely considered one of the safest places. Yeah.

Oliver Amdrup (3:24)

Yes.

Arielle Lorre (3:24)

Safe, beautiful. I've gotten beautiful weather. The food has been incredible so far. The people, everything.

Oliver Amdrup (3:30)

It's a good little pocket. And it's, you're coming at the best time, I would say, or at least summer, like this early autumn season, it's still great here. Because when you come back, if you come back in winter time, you would see a slightly different vein as well. But more on that.

Arielle Lorre (3:45)

Well, we were talking a little bit before about things that we wanted to delve into today. And something that I'm personally so curious about that I think my audience would really love to hear as well are kind of the differences between wellness here versus wellness in, say, the United States. And you have experience with both. But before we get into that, I want to do a quick round of kind of wellness, like BS or truth.

This is opinion only, right? So we'll do like a worth it or BS, cold plunge.

Oliver Amdrup (4:17)

Worth it. And even more so if you can do it outdoor, like in nature.

Arielle Lorre (4:23)

And that's a big thing here, yeah?