120. High Performance Nutrition, Supplementation, Myths, and Emerging Trends | Lauren Link, MS, RD

Lauren Link is the Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Nutrition for Purdue University Athletics. She oversees the sports nutrition program and specifically works with football, men's basketball, volleyball, and soccer. She received her BS in Dietetics & Health, Nutrition, and Fitness and her masters in Health and kinesiology (Dec 2019) from Purdue University. She also completed the Coordinated Program in Dietetics at Purdue University. During her time at Purdue, she was a member of the Women's Soccer team with Academic All-Big 10 honors from 2008-2011. In 2017, she also published her first book, The Healthy Former Athlete which is a perfect resource to help athletes bridge to becoming “normal humans.” In this episode: Lauren’s pet peeves in the current mainstream nutrition High-performance nutrition and how Lauren caters to the unique needs of elite athletes Macronutrients for high-performance athletes and also weekend warriors Strategies and tactics for monitoring team-based athletes nutritional needs a Nutrition and its role in cognitive performance. Lauren’s favorite supplements for athletes Resources mentioned in the show: Sports Nutrition Guidebook by Nancy Clark Fueling Young Athletes Jessica Isaacs on IG Jaimee Cooper on IG Follow Lauren: Instagram Twitter The Healthy Former Athlete