Philip Goglia, PhD

Philip L. Goglia is a nationally recognized nutritionist, performance expert, and founder of Performance Fitness Concepts. A graduate of Duke University, where he studied metabolic nutrition and the Rice Diet, Goglia began developing the science-based nutritional strategies that would become the foundation of his career. His early background as an accomplished athlete, including competing on Duke’s wrestling and rugby teams, shaped his lifelong focus on human performance, metabolism, and practical nutrition.

Over the past four decades, Goglia has worked with elite athletes, entertainers, physicians, and everyday individuals seeking better health. He is a multiple-time NPC bodybuilding champion and holds numerous certifications in sports medicine, fitness training, and eating disorder counseling. His expertise has been featured across television and media, including appearances as a nutritional consultant on The Doctors, Dr. Phil, Extreme Makeover, and other programs. He is also the bestselling author of Turn Up the Heat: Unlock the Fat Burning Power of Your Metabolism, which helped bring metabolic nutrition concepts to a wide audience.

Goglia’s work spans professional sports, Hollywood productions, and clinical medicine. He has served as nutritionist to major film productions. including actors in Marvel action films, and to high-profile performers such as Christian Bale during the production of Vice. In addition to co-founding Split Nutrition, he continues to lecture on metabolic health and advanced nutrition therapies while consulting with physicians across multiple specialties in Los Angeles. Throughout his career, Goglia has remained focused on translating complex nutritional science into practical strategies that help people improve health, performance, and longevity.