Triathlon Nutrition Blog
With the cooler weather setting in, the cold and flu season is upon us. Thereâs nothing worse than getting sick, especially right before a key event! Here are our Top Five Tips for looking after your immune system and staying well this winter.
1. Get your 2 fruit and 5 veggie serves in each day
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Coffee & Questions - 22nd May 2020
- Rest and Recovery is key!
- Avoid low Energy Availability
- Carbohy...
Now more than ever itâs important to eat well and look after ourselves. As a dietitian, I feel like it's my mission to help you through this crazy time with practical, easy to understand and implement advice, no matter where you are! In the best way I know how â nutrition!
In a world of uncertainty...
This obsession with the âdetoxâ seems to come from a place of wanting to drastically reset our body. Usually following a period of indulgence in high fat and sugary foods, and probably a few too many wines or beers as well. The idea of a detox is plucked up as a saving grace as if days or weeks of d...
When men think of healthy eating for some reason, they automatically think they have to eat salad. But weâre here to tell you, you can be healthy without having to resort to boring rabbit food!
Men and women arenât that different when it comes to daily nutrition. Yes, men tend to have...
As life gets busy, eating well can easily take a back-seat when thereâs tight deadlines and a million other things to do! But when youâre busy, stressed and time-poor, itâs even more important to eat well to get the most out of your day.
Food is fuel for our bodies and our brain, so if you want to ...
Now that the colder months are upon us, itâs time to be proactive with our nutrition for the best immune system defence.
For active people, immune function plays a role not only in fighting off infections but also in promoting tissue repair to recover from exercise and injury (1). To function prope...
Fruits and vegetables naturally grow in cycles and ripen during a certain season each year. Purchasing your fruits and vegetables when they naturally ripen is called âeating seasonallyâ, and eating with the seasons has some serious perks to it.Â
1. Bang for your buckÂ
Choosing seasonal produce can...
Feeling sad, moody or a bit low? We all do from time to time. Did you know your gut can have a role in your mental health?
A number of studies have confirmed a close link between our gut bacteria and our brain; ever heard of the gut-brain axis? The gut microbiota (bacteria) greatly impacts our brai...
Calcium is one of the most important minerals in our body. In fact, without calcium we wouldnât be able to stand or eat as 99% of our calcium is in our bones and teeth!
A small amount of calcium is also dissolved in the blood and is essential for our heart, muscles, blood and nerves. In fact, every...
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Schools are backâŚâPhew!â I hear you say⌠Kids are kept busy for the term and parents can find their sanity again.
With back to school also comes the challenge of school lunches. They can be fun for the first week or two and then boredom sets in for both parents and kids alike. Here are a few tip...
Iâm not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line, the potato has become a forbidden food, while sweet potato joins the âsuperfoodâ ranks. The poor potato has been given the flick in preference for the miracle starchy vegetable, but how does the humble potato stack up nutritionally? ...
