Our guts have a big impact on our health & wellbeing and just the slightest change to our diet or lifestyle can lead to unpredictable symptoms such as irregular bowel movements, painful bloating, constipation and more. Symptoms may be linked to specific triggers such as lactose (found in dairy) or artificial sweeteners and therefore easily managed. However, they may also …
Diet & Stress: How Do They Effect You?
DIET & STRESS Work & life balance is a combination that can push our stress levels to near breaking point! While many of us who suffer from stress can pinpoint the main causes, we often fail to manage it and put measures in place that reduce its burden. Stress can evolve into serious issues such as depression, social withdrawal and …
Cycling Nutrition: The Benefits Of Tailored Nutrition.
Cycling demands high volumes of nutrition in order to fuel the body for a ride and replenish itself afterwards. The quantity and timing of your diet will need to vary from day to day due to various factors, such as the type, timing and intensity of training on any given day. Providing your body with the nutrition it needs requires …
THE FEMALE ATHLETE – Nutritional Considerations
Are you a female athlete and training hard? There may be some important nutritional factors to consider to remain in good health whilst optimising your training and performance. Take a look at our short info-graphic to find out what you need to be mindful of.
Nutrition for Cyclists: Getting the basics right
When New Body Osteopathy asked me to write a nutrition themed article for Bespoke, I thought to myself, “where on earth do I begin?” “Something about sports nutrition for cyclists” somebody suggested. This didn’t really narrow it down much as there is so much a Sports Dietitian can do to help an athlete meet their individual goals. So, I spent …
Fuelling For Performance
Like most amateur cyclists, I know I have a few barriers to improving my performance. Mainly these are: getting the miles in around work and life, motivation, following a structured training plan and diet. Coming out of what feels like a never-ending winter, I’m on track with the first three; I’m up to 16hr weeks on the bike, motivation …