Sport Nutrition

Training for a marathon is an exciting and challenging journey and your diet plays a big role in your performance and recovery. If you signed up for the BMO marathon, you want to focus on foods that help you build endurance, avoid gut issues and cramps, and stay energized throughout…...

Serious athletes should know a few things about smart watch calorie trackers and how to use the data to support their training and recovery. Let’s delve into what athletes should know about smart watch calorie trackers, understand their limitations and how to make the most of this data. Active Calories…...

Research is investigating how creatine benefits strength in perimenopause with particular emphasis on optimizing muscle strength, body composition and dosing strategies in active women.  Creatine supplements improve strength and exercise performance in young active women, but does it have similar benefits for active perimenopausal women?   There is some evidence that…...

Now Offering Online Sport Nutrition Courses and Resources! Cristina is now offering Elite Dietitians, a virtual library of Online Sport Nutrition Courses for young athletes, sports clubs and teams including soccer, hockey and swimming! Each course has short videos that are easy to follow with key messages for young audiences.  Included are free downloads including:Sport…...

Now Launching Sport Nutrition Courses Made for Athletes Is nutrition holding back your performance?  Find out what you need to know about protein powders, recovery and how to fuel your best performance.  Save time and money by knowing the difference between gimicks and real sport nutrition strategies.  Get your information…...

SportMed InTraining: New Regulations on Food Labels WEEK 12 NEW FOOD LABELS IN CANADA From now on, reading food labels will be easier. Read my SportMedBC article that explains Canada's new regulations to nutrition labels. We can look forward to improvements in the list of ingredients, the Nutrition Facts table…...

SportMed InTraining: When Should We Eat Protein? WEEK 10 SUN RUN INTRAINING: PROTEIN TIMING The timing of our protein intake throughout the day is just as important as how much protein we eat.  Although most of us actually do get enough protein in a day, studies have consistently found that…...

SportMed Training: How Much Protein Do We Need? WEEK 8 SUN RUN IN TRAINING: NUTRITION TIPS Scientists have some new answers to the popular question of how much protein we need to build muscle. Researchers are now using a new method of estimating protein requirement known as IAAO (Indicator amino acid oxidation),…...

SportMed InTraining: The Healthy Plate SUN RUN TRAINING WEEK 7: WHAT IS A HEALTHY MEAL? Following strict diets might help us lose weight in the short term, but they tend to leave us feeling hungry and deprived. This can boost our cravings and sets us up to overeat later and…...