76. Endurance Nutrition: Fueling for Performance & RED-S Awareness with Drew Mulvey

Author: Kelly Lutz
Published: Wed 09 Aug 2023
Episode Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coaching-klutz/episodes/76--Endurance-Nutrition-Fueling-for-Performance--RED-S-Awareness-with-Drew-Mulvey-e27n8ph

This week I welcome Drew Mulvey to the podcast to chat about fueling and RED-S. Drew is a board certified nutrition specialist and certified integrative sports nutritionist and has been through RED-S (relative energy deficiency in sport) herself. She's extremely passionate about helping female athletes transform their performance through individualized testing and whole foods.

We chat about:

Learning to use food as fuel

Shifting perspective from external motivators to performance

Getting diagnosed with RED-S

Fueling on rest days and during injury cycles

Indicators of RED-S

When and where to seek help

Blood markers to check & alternative tests

Increasing food intake for busy folks

Fueling around workouts

Biggest struggle she sees with endurance athletes

Eating before an early run