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How Safe Is Exercise While Fasting?
In this discussion I talk about:
🏃♀️ The benefits and misconceptions of fasting. 🏃♂️ Intermittent fasting for runners. 🏃♀️ The positive effects exercising has in a fasted state. 🏃♂️ The fat-burning benefits of fasting. 🏃♀️ Eating after exercise post-fasting. ⠀ 🏃♂️ The misconceptions around fasting. 🏃♀️ The mistakes I see athletes make with fasting. 🏃♂️ The consequences of misusing the fas…
What to Eat (and Not Eat) to Lose Weight
I get a lot of clients coming in wanting to shift a little weight, lean down, or tone up. And, as I mentioned in my last post, there’s a whole lot more to weight loss than just what’s on your plate.
Now, don’t get me wrong - WHAT we eat is so important from an energy and nutrient perspective. There are just many other factors that affect our digestion, absorption, assimilation of foods - and therefore our …
The 5 Ws of Weight Loss (aka Food Habits)
I’d be lying if I said weight loss isn’t one of the top five concerns I see in my private practice. And I’m not just talking about folks who are obese and need to lose weight to reduce their risks of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. I’m …
Understanding Dietary Fats Benefits, Functions, Diet Types and Portions for Meal Planning
What are dietary fats?
Dietary fats are one of the three macronutrients. Of the three macronutrients, fats are the most energy dense.While protein and carbohydrates each give us 17kj per gram, fats give us 37kj per gram; this is part of the reason why dietary fats are often blamed for excess body weight and obesity.
When we eat dietary fats, they are in a form called triglycerides. As the name suggests, a triglyceride is three fatty acids linked to a glycerol molecule. The fatty acids are links …
Mindful Eating
The idea of ‘being mindful’ and ‘practicing mindfulness’ has been getting a fair bit of airplay of late. After the year that shall not be mentioned, many of my friends, family, and clients are all wanting to be more mindful or mindfully aware as they move throughout their days. Many of them use apps to help with mindful meditations, mindful mantras, or practicing mindfulness in the everyday; but what about mindful eating?
Hard to digest?
Where does digestion start? Does it start in the gut, wher…
Eating for Endurance - What every athlete & trainer needs to know
Whilst I love working with athletes across all manner of sports, there’s no denying how much I love endurance sports.
I love watching them, I love competing in them (this year’s goal is an Ultra), and I love working with endurance athletes.
Though I believe all sports have their own specific fuelling needs, there are some challenges presented in endurance sports that you’re not likely to find elsewhere…
Factors Determining CHO Intake In Athletes And 'Normal' Populations
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…
Which diet for which Athlete?
I’ve been working as a Naturopath for over 25 years. In that time, I’ve seen in practice the following philosophies:
- No two bodies are the same.
- No two sports have the same demands on the body.
- 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…
What is a Naturopath as opposed to a Dietitian in Sports Nutrition?
If you have been receiving my emails or reading my blogs for a while, you will know that I am an Australian Naturopath and Sports Nutritionist. I have more than 25 years in clinical practice and have seen a vast array of clients over time. I love working with athletes! Not just pro or elite athletes, but athletes from all walks of life. Weekend Warriors, peeps working towards their first marathon or Ironman and even clients doing multi day challenges in far flung parts of the world. I am always …
Let's talk about sweat..
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…