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Trevor Connor, M.S.

CEO

Trevor Connor is the CEO of The Paleo Diet, LLC. He was Dr. Loren Cordain’s final graduate student at Colorado State University, where his research focused on the effects of a Paleo-style diet on autoimmune conditions. Working with Dr. Cordain, his pilot study included close to 60 volunteers with diverse conditions ranging from Crohn’s disease to multiple sclerosis to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

Trevor comes from a varied background. After graduating from Cornell University in 1995 he started his career in website development. He soon followed his passion and became a semi-professional cyclist, training at the Canadian National Center in British Columbia where he became a coach and team manager. He later managed the Team Rio Grande cycling team—the top-ranked amateur team in America whose alumni include top-five Tour de France finisher Tejay van Garderen and Giro d’Italia stage winner Chad Haga.

Initially, Trevor studied exercise physiology and nutrition to support his own training and to improve his coaching. At 38, he decided it was time to hang up the bike; he moved to Colorado to get his masters degree in bioenergetics and nutrition. Trevor had studied traditional sports nutrition for over a decade, and when he took Dr. Cordain’s class in 2009, he was highly skeptical of the Paleo Diet concept. But after experimenting with the diet, Trevor was able to return to the professional cycling ranks at 40, finishing in the top five in several races and establishing himself as the top ranked 40-plus rider in the country for several years running.

In addition to his role as CEO, Trevor writes the “Coach’s Corner” section for the international cycling magazine VeloNews and co-hosts the popular endurance sports science podcast Fast Talk. Trevor is also CEO of Fast Talk Laboratories, LLC, a business dedicated to the science of endurance sports.

Articles by Trevor Connor, M.S.: Page 2

Why Food Certification Matters
Trevor Connor, M.S.
Trevor Connor, M.S., our CEO, explores how food certification helps serve consumers and their increasingly health-driven need to know what is in their food and how it is made.
Why The Paleo Diet Ignores the Ratios of Carbohydrates, Protein, and Fat
Trevor Connor, M.S.
The focus of the Paleo Diet is not on finding an ideal macronutrient ratio, but on eating the foods we evolved to eat and avoiding anything processed.
Reversing Alzheimer’s: An Interview with Neuroscientist Dr. Dale Bredesen (Part 2)
Trevor Connor, M.S.
The Paleo Diet continues its interview with Dr Dale Bredesen, the creator of the ReCODE formula – a lifestyle and dietary approach to reversing Alzheimer’s disease.
Reversing Alzheimer’s: An Interview with Neuroscientist Dr. Dale Bredesen (Part 1)
Trevor Connor, M.S.
The Paleo Diet interviews Dr Dale Bredesen, the creator of the ReCODE formula – a lifestyle and dietary approach to reversing Alzheimer’s disease.
Why The Paleo Diet Supports a Low Sodium Diet
Trevor Connor, M.S.
The Paleo Diet is a low sodium diet because salt was rare in the diet of our ancestors. Salt is not Paleo and too much can cause disease.
The Importance of the Magnesium and Calcium Relationship: A Key Ratio for Health
Trevor Connor, M.S.
The magnesium and calcium relationship is important for overall health—and government guidelines on calcium got the science wrong.
The research of Dr. Douglas London on one of the last remaining indigenous hunter-gatherer societies on Earth
Trevor Connor, M.S.
In this follow-up interview, Dr. London discusses his upcoming research and dives deeper into the Kawymeno diet.
History of The Paleo Diet
Trevor Connor, M.S.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists, physicians, and people from all walks of life are responsible for creating this incredibly powerful idea that can be used to bring order and wisdom to dietary and lifestyle issues.
Does a Low-Salt Diet Cause Insulin Resistance?
Trevor Connor, M.S.
There’s a belief in the Paleo world that a low-salt diet leads to insulin resistance, but the science shows the exact opposite - a high-salt diet causes it.
A Recent Study Finds the Paleo Diet Raises TMAO Levels – But Does it Actually Study the Paleo Diet?
Trevor Connor, M.S.
A recent study out of Australia made headlines claiming that the Paleo Diet rasies TMAO and leads to heart disease. It doesn’t. We show why.
Balancing Exercise and Illness: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Trevor Connor, M.S.
Our immune systems don’t just fight viruses; they are also responsible for our training adaptations making proper diet and rest critical for any athlete
Stanford Study Supports Eating Healthy Fats
Trevor Connor, M.S.
A new Stanford study shows that it may not be low-carb or low-fat, but the quality of the fatty acids you’re eating which is a key part of the Paleo Diet
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