PERFORMANCE NUTRITION

What are dietary fats?

Athletes train and perform to run, bike, swim (or all three) for hours, or athletes train to compete and smash personal bests for themselves, or a team are asking their bodies to do extraordinary things. As such, their food choices and intake may also need to be extraordinary to meet the demands of their sport.

We all need…

I’ve been working as a Naturopath for over 25 years. In that time, I’ve seen in practice the following philosophies: 

1. No two bodies are the same. 
2. No two sports have the same demands on the body.
3. No two bodies doing the same sport have the same exact needs and demands.

Essentially this can be summed up in what I often call the art and science of Sports Nutrition. Yes, we have evidence-based research about the physiology of the body and the impact of food and nutrition on performance, BUT…

After my recent blog on hydration I got a lot of great feedback from individuals wanting to know how they can work out how much water they need to be drinking. I love that so many of you are taking the effort to really work on your food and training to optimise your results. This blog will be a little bit shorter than my usual blogs. Its primary goal is to help you work out how much water you should be drinking.

Knowing our water balance is just as important for training and events as knowing ou…

I love working with athletes. Whilst I’ve worked with athletes at various stages of their amateur and professional careers, my favourite sports nutrition clients are those who would probably describe themselves more “weekend warrior” than “Olympic ready”. Regardless to their event or level, there’s one thing I need to remind them; “what you’re doing is something extra.”

What do I mean by extra?

Your body runs on what we call a Basal Metabolic Rate. Essentially this is the sum of all the energy i…

Last month I went into detail about how important it is to eat after training. We looked at the types of foods to eat, how soon after training, and why I get all my clients to do this. We also looked a little bit into Intermittent Fasting and how important that even those of you who are IF, eat after training. If you’ve used this last month to assess your after-training fuel habits, and implement or level up new fueling strategies, Great!

Since that post I’ve had a lot of feedback and updates ab…

One of the most important things you can do for your body is to eat properly after a training session. When you exercise, no matter if it's aerobic training or strength you have used glycogen to fuel at least part of the session as well as body fat. Your body after training is primed and ready to make more stores of carbohydrates ( known as glycogen) form the foods you eat. Delaying eating after training will lead to less glycogen being made form the food you eat as well as a decrease in your en…