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 20A - Do I need to stop drinking coffee to get the benefits of caffeine? | Dr Chris Irwin
Episode 19B - Do I need more protein? | David Bryant
Episode 19A - Do I need more protein? | A/Prof. Dan Moore
Episode 18B - What’s hyponatraemia and should I be worried? | Dr Alice McNamara
Episode 18A - What’s hyponatraemia and should I be worried? | Dr Alan McCubbin
Episode 17A - What’s the deal with cannabidiol (CBD)? | Dr Danielle McCartney
Episode 16B - How should my nutrition change when I’m injured? | Cate Gifford
Episode 16A - How should my nutrition change when I’m injured? | Dr Rebekah Alcock
Episode 15B - How do I prepare for a self-sufficient, multi-stage event? | Jodie Moss
Episode 15A - How do I prepare for a self-sufficient, multi-stage event? | Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin
Episode 14B - What should I eat to optimise recovery? | Richard Bowles
Episode 14A - What should I eat to optimise recovery? | Dr Isabella Russo
Episode 13B - How do I plan for a multi-day event? | Leah Kirchmann
Episode 13A - How do I plan for a multi-day event? | James Moran
Episode 12D - How do I tackle my first ultra distance event? | Kevin Fergusson
Episode 12C - How do I tackle my first ultra distance event? | Kate Penglase
Episode 12B - How do I tackle my first ultra distance event? | Kellie Emerson
Episode 12A - How do I tackle my first ultra distance event? | Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin
Episode 11B - Can I have a beer after my hard training session? | Nathan Shearer
Episode 11A - Can I have a beer after my hard training session? | A/Prof. Ben Desbrow
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