What To Eat Pre-Workout? Huffington Post Interview

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EAT FOR AGE / Good nutrition is something you should carry across your lifespan, but it is true there are some nutritional differences as we age. If you want to learn more, head over to the blog section of my website to read two articles I recently contributed to via @huffpostau & @dailymailau 💫 Tip focusing on nutrient rich foods including adequate fruit, vegetables, fibre and antioxidants is important across your whole life. 💁🏻 You don’t need to tell me twice that I can eat more berries (super rich in the antioxidant anthocyanins) and so delicious! 📸 This delish breaky was from @magicferrars in Melbourne. Everyone do yourselves a favour - seriously 🙌
What a fantastic few days of learning, laughing, improving and reflecting on where sports dietetics is at. There are so many passionate professionals doing such pioneering and wonderful work be that in clinical practice, research, advocacy and business. You are all very inspirational and certainly make me want to continue to improve and evolve. Unbelievably humbled by the award and still in shock. Really appreciate the lovely words and just hope to do my little bit to continue the positive work that @sportsdietaust has always done and will continue to do 💫
SDAConf17 / Day one of the program today with loads of superstar Dietitians getting ready to sharing their wealth of knowledge on various areas including building and growing a business, supplements for anaerobic performance, nitrates, ketone salts and one of my biggest interest areas periodisation of supplements. Might be breaking my one coffee a day ban today... the brain needs it ☕️
MELBOURNE / I’m really looking forward to the @sportsdietaust conference in Melbourne which is on later this week. What a great way to catch up with lots of awesome humans, meet plenty of new ones and advance my knowledge base and practice even further! 💁🏻 I am also looking forward to eating at some of Melbourne’s best cafes and restaurants, as well as trying out some new yoga and Pilates studios. If anyone has any must do, see or eat recommendations... please comment below 🙏 #SDAConf17
APPRECIATION / Food is actually life. It is so incredible how amazing it can make you feel when you eat well and nourish your body. You can share it with loved ones or use to to celebrate a moment. It can be used to optimise mental and physical performance and maximise health. When food is done right, it can add so much value, energy and enjoyment to your life. 💫 I hope everyone is having some delicious and nutritious food this weekend. 📸 taken @concretejunglecafe yesterday - this is the nourish bowl (and I added an egg for some extra protein) and it was spectacular!
SAMBO / The humble sandwich can be such a good, cost effective and nutritious lunch option providing it is: 🍞 Made on some top quality bread (like my fav @sonomabakingco sourdough) 🥗 Contains lots of colour (3 should be the absolute minimum number of different salads on your sandwich) 🧀 Has some protein to keep you full (chicken, salmon of cheese are my favs). 💁🏻 Made from high quality ingredients a sandwich can be an absolutely fantastic lunch option to have in the mix. This sandwich from @meetgerardcafe would be one of my favourites as well as the ultimate @southdowlingsandwiches 🙌 👯 Thanks for the great company @chloe_mcleod_dietitian & @melanie_jaye exciting things are coming #HPC
CAFFEINE / As much as I LOVE coffee, I have noticed my daily intake of caffeine has substantially increased over the last few months. While I am having some much needed down time I have decided to try and reduce my caffeine intake back to just one cup per day (long black to start the day ☕️- heaven!). 💁🏻 I would love to know what your favourite caffeine free beverage is? Keen to try as many options as possible! My favourite caffeine free drinks at the moment are a peppermint tea, tumeric or ginger latte (@myfruitologist make a very good turmeric latte 🙌)
OFF SEASON / A time to rest, reset and refresh. However, it is still super important the players don’t lose all of their gains and come back in good physical condition 💪🏻. For that reason maintaining muscle mass and minimising increases in body fat are key priorities. Here are my five key nutrition tips to help players manage their off-season goals: 💫 Frequent and consistent protein intake 💫Reduce overall carbohydrates intake, but still increase intake around training sessions 💫 Consistent meal distribution 💫 Lots of colour in all the meals - for health purposes and to help balance out the reduction in energy output 💫 Always have a healthy, solid meal before drinking as the body stores all food consumed when drinking alcohol (It can’t breakdown food and alcohol at the same time)