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Understanding Body Composition

Body composition is an area most runners focus on but maybe for different reasons. 

For some it may be about losing body fat to reach an appropriate weight, for others it…

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Today we are covering Part 2 of Finding time for Food Planning for Runners. You may remember that in E92 we discussed the first 3 steps of …

In this episode we discuss some foods to help promote great postmenopausal health as a woman and a runner so you may enjoy running into older age and minimise the risk of health conditions associat…

Healthy Mind for Happy Running

Introduction

Exercise and nutrition are known to play a role in developing and altering brain function and studies have shown that both exercise and nutrition could affec…

Fuelling....Marathon Running

 Introduction:

Moving from moderate running to marathon running is a huge jump, and often runners forget to adjust their food plan accordingly. This can lead to a constant …

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INTRODUCTION

“Food planning” seems to be the stumbling block or barrier to having a successful runners nutrition p…

Hormonal symptoms can be very disruptive to a female runner so anything you can do to promote hormonal balance is going to help you enjoy your running and stick to your training plan.

Today we are foc…

The Vegan Diet for Running

The Vegan Diet for Running……is it a suitable one? The vegan diet has certainly become very popular in recent years and many well know athletes have adopted this lifestyle ch…

Listener's Nutrition Clinic March 2022

This is the first episode of our LISTENERS NUTRITION CLINIC where we answer questions we have received from YOU, our listeners and followers. 

These are questions…

As a runner one of our key health goals is to stay healthy, avoid illness and infections so we can stick to our training programme and race schedule. Optimal Vitamin C status will support overall hea…

Introduction to Nutrigenomics for Runners

Nutrigenomics is a relatively new approach to personalised nutrition and is still in its infancy in the world of sports nutrition. So in this episode we outli…

IBS, FODMAPS and Running

IBS symptoms affect many runners, and symptoms can be very unpleasant and disruptive to training and race schedules and to overall running performance.

In the general populatio…

Exercise Induced Acid Reflux

Why are we bringing this health topic to your attention today?

There are 3 main reasons, firstly many runners experience exercise induced acid reflux, which is not a pleasa…

FOOD FOR....Autoimmunity

Simply put……an autoimmune condition is when the body’s immune system becomes dysfunctional (for whatever reason…there are many!) and begins to mistakenly attack normal body ce…

Spotlighting Colostrum...What We Know

We probably all know that Colostrum is the first milk produced by ALL mammals just before giving birth to nourish their newborn. BUT did you know that Bovine Colo…

Managing Painful Joints and Running

There are many reasons for runners developing painful joints;

·      Osteoarthritis (OA) is a wear-and-tear condition that occurs when cartilage breaks down over ti…

Bicarbonate to Boost Running?

Can you believe that Bicarbonate loading in athletes has been practiced for over 70yrs, which is amazing considering many people have no idea about it!!

Also….can you b…

Our winter health aims as a runner, are to protect against winter infections, support the immune function and promote circulation and blood flow in the cold weather.

In this episode we focus on 4 seas…

Winter Running Nutrition and Safety

Do you ever consider your nutrition for your winter running? As the nights draw in, the mornings get darker and the days get colder do you think about what foods an…