Nutrition plays a vital role in helping beginner runners enhance their endurance, recovery and running performance. I admit that I am not a nutrition expert and nor am I perfect from my own nutritional standpoint.
To help you understand how nailing your nutrition can make you a better runner, I invited Jennifer Sygo onto the podcast to chat.
Jennifer is a registered dietitian and sports nutritionist with Cleveland Clinic Canada. She is the team dietitian for the Toronto Maple Leafs and also provides advice to the Toronto Raptors.
In 2014, Jennifer released her book, "Unmasking Superfoods: the Truth and Hype about Acai, Quinoa, Chia, Blueberries, and More".
I hope you enjoy our chat and if you have any questions, please leave a comment below.
Some topics we chat about include:
Jennifer Sygo's personal website
Unmasking Superfoods: The Truth and Hype about Blueberries, Quinoa, Omega 3s and More - Jennifer's book
Nutrigenomix - perform comprehensive genetic test including a test to determine how sensitive you are to caffeine.
Trent Stellingwerff - listen to my interview with Trent here.
Follow Jennifer Sygo on Twitter
B2Ten - Comprised of some of Canada’s leading business people, a unique group of Canada’s top sport performance professionals and dedicated volunteers, all whom have come together with a common purpose: Enable Canadian Olympian’s to achieve their full potential.
Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life - by William Morrow
Other articles / podcast episodes on nutrition for runners: