FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!!
This week we are joined by a registered dietician, so you better believe nutrition is the aim of the game for this one.
Niamh has worked all over the world and is now currently working in Oncology in Australia.
Today she shares some of what’s she has learned over her career with us and answers lots of Eoghan’s own nutrition-based questions.
This is a very beneficial podcast for all listeners and particularly those in the sporting world, as Niamh is currently studying sports dietetics, so she has lots of sports related nutritional information to share with us.
We cover lots in this podcast, but here’s a few topics to give you a flavour:
Carb loading, importance of staying hydrated, electrolytes, big misconceptions around nutrition, easy diet changes, pre-game/event nutrition, checking on supplements for prohibited substances.
Lotta gold in this podcast and it’s one I can see myself referring to again in the future, hope you enjoy it 😊
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Disclaimer: this podcast represents the opinions of Eoghan and his guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice.
Time Stamps:
1.25 – Intro
2.18 – Explaining what a dietician is and the difference between it and a nutritionist. How she got into it and the jobs available to dieticians.
9.10 – Explaining her role working in Oncology and touching on the key things and ‘sugar feeding cancer’.
16.35 – Niamh running a nutritional seminar to clarify how dieticians can get a role in Australia.
21.55 – Some of the big misconceptions Niamh comes across.
23.21 – With nutritional guidelines staying the same how are studies incorporated into those guidelines.
28.55 – Supplements and how to distinguish the good and bad.
31.53 – Eoghan getting stiches while playing sports and having to eat 3 hours before a game. How to manage this and train your gut.
36.12 – Carb loading and eating styles before a match and how Niamh ate around her marathon.
43.52 – Niamh’s experience completing her first marathon.
50.54 – Hydration, electrolytes and drinking salt water.
1.03.50 – Wearing a blood glucose monitor during the marathon and being involved in a study looking the impact of keto diet v normal diet in marathon runners.
1.08.13 – Some of the easiest changes people looking to lose weight should implement.
1.10.15 – Counting calories versus intuitive eating.
1.14.20 – Intermitting fasting.
1.19.55 – Waiting to eat an hour after a cardio session to burn fat. And eating carbs and protein straight after training or waiting; the impact of these.
1.26.30 – Niamh’s current studying in sports dietetics and aspirations to get involved in the sporting world.
1.28.35 – Posting on social media closing thoughts.
1.32.45 – Does being overweight lead to increased anxiety?
