#225: Doug Grant - The NBA's First Nutritionist on Microplastics, Digestive Enzymes, and TruShield™ Testing - The PricePlow Podcast | Lyssna här

Doug Grant is the founder and chief formulator of Optimal Health Systems (OHS), a whole-food supplement company he built from the ground up starting in 1990. By 1993, he’d become the first full-time nutritionist hired by an NBA franchise, starting with the Phoenix Suns and later serving the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat through seven championship seasons in a decade.

In this episode, Doug covers three major areas:

The enzyme cascade science behind his flagship digestive product
The blood-work-first philosophy he’s built from more than two decades with professional athletes
OHS’s developing work on microplastics (including a probiotic-derived enzyme and a blood-based plastic test that their independent chemist fully intended to disprove).

We also get into DSHEA, in-house manufacturing, and why TruShieldâ¢ Certified is the natural fit for a brand that was already doing third-party testing before anyone required it. TruShield’s origin story is told in our conversation with Lori Bestervelt, Ph.D., and Thane Campbell on Episode #193.

Here, we get into why a company like Optimal Health Systems, who works with professional athletes, formulates the way they do, and why they need a service like TruShield Certified to ensure drug-free compliance.

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/doug-grant-optimal-health-systems-225

Video: Doug Grant of Optimal Health Systems Explains Microplastics and More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MSHRt328fs

Detailed Show Notes with Doug Grant of Optimal Health Systems

(0:00) – Doug Grant and the Road to the NBA
(8:45) – The Enzyme Cascade Behind Digest-A-Meal
(16:00) – How Processed Foods Are Breaking Us Down
(19:45) – Foundation, Customization, and Intervention
(27:00) – Blood Work Lessons from the NBA
(33:45) – Why OHS Chose TruShieldâ¢ Certified
(42:15) – DSHEA, In-House Manufacturing, and the Three Criteria
(47:00) – Tracking Microplastics Through the Blood
(52:45) – ChemZyme, PlasticTest, and the Tupperware Case Study
(1:03:00) – Data as the Foundation

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