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My guest today is Tina Šparovec, from Human Performance Center in Slovenia. With her Masters degree in nutrition and biomedicine, intertwined with the knowledge of female and sports physiology, she who works with female athletes and women who need help correcting their hormones and menstrual cycle. She also work with female athletes to improve their performance through adjustments in nutrition and training. We speak about specifics of female physiology and their training and nutrition needs.
To refresh your memory, Relative Energy Deficiency is a state when athlete does not fuel their body properly, knowingly or not. It is especially common among endurance and aesthetic athletes
For additional resources and information go to https://danweiss.eu/female-athlete
Symptoms of RED-s are:
TIME STAMPS
3:00 Why I have personal interest in RED-S
8:45 Why we need to educate coaches about female nutrition needs.
12:45 Stop comparing yourself with what you see in the social media.
14:45 Prevalence of RED-s, disturbed hormonal balance in female athletes and general population.
17:25 What are the signnals of hormonal disbalance?
20:45 What to do when you notice some of the symptoms of RED-s.
24:20 The mental side of recovering from RED-s
25:20 Differences between female and male body and how it applies in training and nutrition.
33:45 Intermittent Fasting in females
44:33 Wrap up: Track your menstrual cycle to see changes in your nutrition and performance. Coaches and nutritionists should lead their female clients to track their menstrual cycle.
The main factors in Relative Energy Deficiency syndrome are: Exercise & Nutrition
In the previous episode Matt Bach and I spoke about Relative Energy Deficiency in male athletes, so that might be also worth checking out.
