#26: James Wilks -The Ultimate Game Changer
Featuring: James “Lightning” Wilks, Producer and Star of The Game Changers
Rip and James square off at the Monmouth University Premiere of The Game Changers
"I hate being lied to," says James "Lightning" Wilks, when asked why he was compelled to make The Game Changers documentary.
Together, with a vast array of experts and science-based research, Wilks set out to answer the question, "What does the evidence and the science show in the search for truth in nutrition, especially as it relates to athletic performance and recovery?" The result, after seven years of research and filming? The Game Changers documentary.
Rip and James caught up with each other at a premiere of the film at Monmouth University hosted by Jon and Tracey Stewart. In this backstage conversation, they discuss the worldwide impact this film is having so quickly after its release. In fact, it has already become the #1 selling documentary on iTunes and a popular selection on Netflix.
Rip and James dive right into some of the results and the longstanding myths this film busts, including:
Virility in Men
Iron and Soy Consumption
The Amount and Type of Protein our Bodies Actually Need
The Game Changers is definitely one of the most influential and informational documentaries about the power of a plant-based diet and it's never too late to make a shift in your own approach after you, like James and Rip, learn the truth about nutrition.
And, as Wilks suggests, thanks to a philosophy from Bruce Lee:
Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
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James Wilks with Rip Esselstyn
James Brett Wilks (born 5 April 1978) is a retired English professional mixed martial artist. A professional from 2003 until 2012, he competed for the UFC, King of the Cage, and was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom
After sustaining injuries that threatened to end his career, Wilks went on a multi-year quest to find the truth in nutrition. The result? Wilks is Producer and has a leading role in the film The Game Changers (2018), a documentary advocating a primarily plant-based diet in high-performance sport and produced by James Cameron.
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