Description

Jessica is an Assistant Professor in the nutrition department at Syracuse University, where she previously earned her PhD in Exercise Science. She also serves as the consulting sports dietitian for LeMoyne College Athletics and sees clients through her private practice, Major League Wellness. Jessica is a women's health researcher, currently studying the effects of REDs on athletic performance in female athletes. She is a mom to 4 kids and stays active with weight training, hiking, yoga, and Pilates.

In this episode we chat about:

• Her work as a professor and as a dietitian
• Ways to make research more fun for her students
• Making research a creative process
• Supplements and how to use them appropriately
• Freedom to pick what she studies
• Female athlete research
• How to apply nutrition as an art and a science in sports nutrition 
• Recent research in REDs with RMR ratio
• Upcoming research in adolescent female athletes
• Carbs and V02max
• Sports nutrition work with college athletes
• And so much more!

Stay connected:

• Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlgaray/
• Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cusesportsrd/
• Major League Wellness website: https://majorleaguewellness.com/
• Stevie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/
• Stevie Lyn Nutrition website: https://stevielynrd.com/