Holistic Health with Dr. Heather Heck: Dr. Peter Nickless

Dr. Peter Nickless, is currently the Dean of Online Education for Northeast College of Health Sciences. He has a master's degree in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern New Hampshire, a master's degree in operations and project management from the University of Southern New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics from Rutgers University.  Throughout his college career, he won several championships in powerlifting and chased his dream of becoming an Olympic weightlifter. Most recently, he’s self-published his first book. But most recently, he’s been more focused on longevity.

Today, we listen as Peter talks a lot about his experience in sports nutrition and perhaps his understanding of the differences between the ‘bro-science’ verses endurance training. He’s also found that sports nutrition has blended itself into overall men’s health including getting more sleep, limiting stress, and how or when we choose to take supplements. While he was training, he restricted his own supplement use due to his fear of being disqualified from competing. He specifically discusses anabolics, amphetamines, and peptides that are now found in the marketplace without any prescriptions and only marketing claims that haven’t actually been tested. Fortunately, some companies are starting to self-police.

Peter is a colleague of mine and I always enjoy his perspective. He’s extremely experienced and very informed. I like the direction this conversation took as he provided some insight for those in the 30-65-year-old age group, especially men. He shared how we can all optimize our health, recovery, testosterone levels, muscle mass, and how we can age well while still being able to perform.