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Nutrition for Injury Recovery
I work with a lot of injured athletes. I see athletes with torn ACL’s, achilles tendon injuries, broken bones, overused joints and tendons, history of concussion and a handful of other issues. While rest and physical therapy are essential to optimal recovery, so is the athlete’s nutrition. Unfortunately, nutrition can sometimes get forgotten during the…
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Probiotics and Sports Performance
If you’re training hard, but don’t feel like you’re improving your athletic performance, then enriching your gut health could be the missing link. In this article, I explain what probiotics are, how they’re classified, and how probiotics can impact your athletic performance and general wellbeing. What are probiotics?Probiotics are live microorganisms, mainly bacteria, and yeasts,…
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Do I Need Zinc?
Building a robust immunity is all part of a holistic approach to coaching and training. So how do you minimise your risk of getting sick? There are many nutrients that contribute to a healthy immune system. Today’s focus is on ZINC. Athletes may be more susceptible to being deficient in zinc because exercise, particularly strenuous…
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Gastro-Intestinal Dysbiosis
Gastrointestinal dysbiosis is now being linked to a myriad of pathological conditions including Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Anxiety, Autism, Atopic Eczema, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Depression, Metabolic Syndrome, Ulcerative Colitis, Cardiovascular Disease, Coeliac Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Parkinson’s Disease. Your body is full of colonies of harmless bacteria known as microbiota. Most of…
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How to Stop Cramping
Finding the root cause Dehydration may contribute to cramping in athletes along with imbalances in electrolytes. Over the cooler months, we naturally reach for comfort warming foods and reduce our consumption of salads packed with magnesium rich leafy vegetables. Also, our natural thirst cues to drink fluids may also be reduced and our thirst mechanism…
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Seed Loaf
Why would you bake a seed loaf when there are so many great options at the store you ask? Once you have baked this loaf, you will NEVER feel the same about your store bought gluten free loaf…. some of them come close but there is NOTHING like a home baked loaf. Versatile to toast…
Christine Bardajian
Clinical Nutritionist
Christine Bardajian 