"When I first started, it was very much your technique, your performance, your mindset - that was the focus above everything else." - Jason Roy
Jason Roy has fine-tuned his nutrition strategy to such a degree that he can approach any cricket match secure in the knowledge that he's putting the right fuel into his body.
Indeed, the England international has just embarked on his AG1 journey - a product that will further boost his energy levels, immunity and mental performance.
But it wasn't always like that for Jason.
At the very start of his playing days, when the science around nutrition was less refined, and attitudes to fuelling for performance were less developed, Jason wasn't giving as much thought to the methods that he now uses to extend his career.
"I was young, and I was recovering quickly," he told The Edge. "You sort of [feel like] you're a bit invincible at the start of your career. You don't really feel the need to do all that. It's always happening in the background.
"You'd always see some of the other professionals around you doing the right things and, you know, speaking to the nutritionists and stuff.
"But yeah, it wasn't a huge factor to begin with. And then I got a little bit more educated around nutrition and it certainly benefited me."
Teams across multiple sports now have specialists to help players in every aspect of their performance, but that wasn't necessarily the case when Jason was starting out.
"As far as the advice was concerned, it would specifically come from a nutritionist," he said. "And the nutritionist came along when I started playing for England, around five years into my professional career.
"So it was certainly something that was spoken about, but it's not like it was at the forefront of cricket.
"I think things have changed a huge amount now in the game, but certainly back then when I first started, it was very much your technique, your performance, your mindset - that was the focus above everything else."
Generally speaking, the longer you spend at the top of your sport, the more you lean into methods and techniques that can keep you in the elite. But as with so many younger athletes, Jason made mistakes that he quickly learned from.
"I think as a young professional, as a lot of people would vouch for, you make a lot of mistakes," he said. "Maybe around nutrition, maybe around prep work, physical prep work, stuff like that, for example if you have a couple of drinks and you have a game in two days' time, you don't want to impact your preparation.
"People make mistakes all the time, so you have to be able to learn very quickly, which I certainly did."
So much so that Jason is now completely in control of his nutrition programme.
You can follow his AG1 journey on The Edge, and look out for more insights from the England international in next month's issue.
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