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Making the right sports nutrition choices can depend on a number of factors, but perhaps most important is having access to good information.

Sports nutrition can be a minefield of information and, let's be honest, misinformation. As part of her ABC series shining a light on foods that can help with your performance and recovery.

Step into the world of nutrition with this ABC series, where we shine a spotlight on ingredients and foods that have captured attention in recent years.

Nutrition can make or break a race, especially in endurance events. But while most athletes see nutrition through the lens of fuel or recovery, it is also an integral part of optimizing your performance.

With so much information available at our fingertips, athletes and individuals are stopping listening to internal cues. The result is a rise in conditions ranging from REDs to obesity through the general population.

There’s nothing stopping you from taking minutes off your marathon finishing times by elevating your nutrition game.

Food is integral to performance, which why having delicious dinners that are nutrient dense, support recovery, and help to prepare your muscles for training is so essential.

If you are an endurance athlete, you have probably heard of the term “fasted training” or ‘Intermittent Fasting’. While both have been heralded as advantageous to performance and health, is that really the case?

Most people are aware of the role nutrition plays with regards to fueling and recovery, but many do not understand how integral it is for optimal performance.

Nutrition is one of those topics that is always going to be controversial. Like politics, everyone has an opinion and there is often not a definitive answer.

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport or RED-s is still a relatively new term in the world of health and fixtness; however, it is a condition that is on the increase, with many athletes coming forward having been diagnosed.

Embracing a holistic approach to training will hurtle you across the physical or metaphorical finish line in a faster, healthier, and more satisfying way