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 10B - Should I get a sweat test? | Ben Duffus
Episode 10A - Should I get a sweat test? | Dr Alan McCubbin
Episode 9B - Do I really need to carb load? | Karen Hill
Episode 9A - Do I really need to carb load? | Dr José Areta
Episode 8B - Do I need iron supplements? | Ellie Pashley
Episode 8A - Do I need iron supplements? | Assoc. Prof. Pete Peeling
Episode 7B - Why do I get gut problems during exercise? | Eneko Llanos
Episode 7A - Why do I get gut problems during exercise? | Steph Gaskell
Episode 6B - Why is nutrition so confusing? | Chris Ord
Episode 6A - Why is nutrition so confusing? | Dr Tim Crowe
Episode 5B - How do I best cope with training and racing in the heat? | Jess Stenson
Episode 5A - How do I best cope with training and racing in the heat? | Prof. Ollie Jay
Episode 4A - Why do I sweat so much more than that person? | Prof. Ollie Jay
Episode 3B - During a race should I drink to a plan or just drink to thirst? | Julian Spence
Episode 3A - During a race should I drink to a plan or just drink to thirst? | Dr Lewis James
Episode 2B - What should I eat before & during my long training session? | Emma Jeffcoat
Episode 2A - What should I eat before & during my long training session? | Dr Sam Impey
Episode 1B - Is low carb right for me? | Evan Dunfee
Episode 1A - Is low carb right for me? | Prof. Louise Burke OAM
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