42. Eating for exercise, with Advanced Sports Dietitian, Chloe McLeod (Part 2)

This week's podcast is part 2 of my discussion with advanced sports dietitian, Chloe McLeod. It is kindly brought to you by Future Farm Co, who aim to deliver plant-based foods to Australia and New Zealand, bringing the world’s best brands of plant-based food to your local store. You can find them on Instagram @futurefarmanz & on Facebook @futurefarmco or at their website: https://www.futurefarmco.com.  While last week's talk with Chloe was focused on FODMAPs, sensitive stomachs, prebiotics and gut health (definitely check out part 1 (ep 41.) if you haven't already), this week's episode is focussed on Chloe's other passion: nutrition for sports and exercise. As an advanced sports dietitian, Chloe regularly works with elite athletes (including the Parramatta Eels National Rugby League squad), as well as regular weekend warriors, to help them achieve their nutrition and exercise goals. But don't worry, this podcast is packed with info, tips and tricks designed to help exercise enthusiasts no matter what their level of sporting prowess. We start off talking about how nutrition influences bowel movements during exercise and how to avoid upset stomachs. We talk tips and tricks for preventing stitches and Chloe tells us the secret nutrition hack that Olympic athletes use to help stop cramping. We talk dos and don'ts in the lead up to race day and discuss the best pre-workout foods. Finally, we talk about whether you should be exercising in a fuelled or fasted state.  So stop your Googling because these are the facts brought to you by the experts, no 'broscience' here, just evidenced based nutrition science, for FREE!  You can find Chloe on social media @chloe_mcleod_dietitian or @health_performance_collective or find her on her website: www.chloemcleod.com.  If you enjoyed this podcast, please tag me and share it in your Instagram stories and leave me a positive rating or review in the purple Apple Podcast app (in the rating & reviews section underneath the episode lists). This really helps my podcast get prioritised by Apple and helps me disseminate evidence based information to the people that need it the most! Don't forget to subscribe to my podcast so you never miss an episode!