Fueling Endurance - Nutrition for Runners, Cyclists & Triathletes
Health & Fitness:Nutrition
We’ve answered almost 60 common questions about sports nutrition to date on this podcast, but one thing we don’t often consider is the environmental implications of our advice. Are we inadvertently contributing to climate change and destruction of the very environments we love to train and race in? Can we be good athletes and good global citizens, or are we facing an uncomfortable conflict of values?
We're joined by Dr Alba Reguant-Closa (Agroscope, in Zurich, Switzerland), one of the only sports dietitians in the world who is actively working in this area. We’ll unpack and simplify the complex relationship between food and the environment, discover which food choices have the biggest environmental impact, look at the impact of sports-specific nutrition strategies on the environment, and finish with the 3 things athletes should do from a nutrition perspective if they care about reducing their environmental impact.
Alba's research publications on this topic:
Episode 67B - How do I fuel double-session days? | Jenny Zenker
Episode 67A - How do I fuel double-session days?
Episode 66 - Should I change my caffeine use based on my genetics? | Dr Bryan Saunders & Gabriel Barreto
Episode 65 - What is metabolic adaptation and is it important? | Dr José Areta
Episode 64B - What nutrition advice for the general population doesn’t apply to athletes? | Elise Beacom
Episode 64A - What nutrition advice for the general population doesn’t apply to athletes?
Episode 63 - Should I be taking Vitamin D supplements? | Dr Dan Owens
Episode 62 - What’s the quantifiable benefit of sports nutrition strategies? | Dr Alan McCubbin
Episode 61 - How do I decipher sports nutrition information? | Dr Dana Lis
Episode 60 - Is animal protein superior to plant protein? | Dr Alistair Monteyne
Episode 59B - What’s the environmental impact of sports nutrition? | Damian Hall
Episode 58 - What’s the deal with magnesium? | Dr Sophie Killer
Episode 57B - What’s the nutrition roadmap for recovery from relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) | Tina Muir
Episode 57A - What’s the nutrition roadmap for recovery from relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) | Bronwen Lundy
Episode 56B - What’s nutrition got to do with bone fractures? | Bobby Clay
Episode 56A - What’s nutrition got to do with bone fractures? | Luuk Hilkens
Episode 55B - Should I eat like the pros? | Jeremy Peacock
Episode 55A - Should I eat like the pros? | A/Prof. Greg Cox
Episode 54 - Nutrition for Tip to Toe | Echana Murray-Bartlett
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