“Fats make you FAT……” “EAT oily fish….” “DON’T eat fatty food…. ” “EAT avocado……” Aaaarrrghh!! It’s all so confusing! Let me tell you the truth about fat Let’s begin with what exactly …
Recovery – Optimise nutrition to maximise adaptation
Nutrition for Cycling Pro cyclists have nutritionists to fuel their performance and training to get the most out of their time on the saddle. For example, Team Sky employ Dr James Morton to periodize their nutrition based on training blocks to drive the adaptations that make their performance the way it is. Without this nutrition support and scientific knowledge, they …
What Is Your Gut Telling You?
Our guts have a big impact on our health & wellbeing and just the slightest change to our diet or lifestyle can lead to unpredictable symptoms such as irregular bowel movements, painful bloating, constipation and more. Symptoms may be linked to specific triggers such as lactose (found in dairy) or artificial sweeteners and therefore easily managed. However, they may also …
Diet & Stress: How Do They Effect You?
DIET & STRESS Work & life balance is a combination that can push our stress levels to near breaking point! While many of us who suffer from stress can pinpoint the main causes, we often fail to manage it and put measures in place that reduce its burden. Stress can evolve into serious issues such as depression, social withdrawal and …
Cycling Nutrition: The Benefits Of Tailored Nutrition.
Cycling demands high volumes of nutrition in order to fuel the body for a ride and replenish itself afterwards. The quantity and timing of your diet will need to vary from day to day due to various factors, such as the type, timing and intensity of training on any given day. Providing your body with the nutrition it needs requires …
‘What is the BEST diet?’
THE QUESTION? As a dietitian working in both the NHS and private setting, people often ask me ‘which diet do you recommend?’ or ‘what is the best diet for weight loss?’ or ‘what foods should I be really eating?’. THE ANSWER Unfortunately, I’m unable to give a quick answer as quite frankly it really depends on a lot of things. For …
THE FEMALE ATHLETE – Nutritional Considerations
Are you a female athlete and training hard? There may be some important nutritional factors to consider to remain in good health whilst optimising your training and performance. Take a look at our short info-graphic to find out what you need to be mindful of.
Nutrition for Cyclists: Getting the basics right
When New Body Osteopathy asked me to write a nutrition themed article for Bespoke, I thought to myself, “where on earth do I begin?” “Something about sports nutrition for cyclists” somebody suggested. This didn’t really narrow it down much as there is so much a Sports Dietitian can do to help an athlete meet their individual goals. So, I spent …
Fuelling For Performance
Like most amateur cyclists, I know I have a few barriers to improving my performance. Mainly these are: getting the miles in around work and life, motivation, following a structured training plan and diet. Coming out of what feels like a never-ending winter, I’m on track with the first three; I’m up to 16hr weeks on the bike, motivation …
Coffee Anyone? Cola?? Osteoporosis???
This article was written for We Are The City – 20 June 2013 Wow, 9,500 of you have read this. Many of us pop in to our local coffee shop on the way to work for a latte, maybe even grab a diet cola for later, but did you know that there may be a link between an increased intake …