Lactose & dairy free. Vegetarian and vegan. Ingredients Serves 29 1kg rolled oats 3 cups cranberries or dried banana 3 cups almonds, dry roasted are nice for that extra crunch 3 cups shredded coconut 1/4 cup cinnamon Optional: if you don’t require low FODMAP ingredients, you can increase the dried fruit quantity and variety such as adding in sultanas, goji…
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BBQ Chicken Soup
BBQ Chicken Soup Lactose & dairy free. Can be made vegetarian/vegan & can be made gluten free. Ingredients Serves 6 1 Tbsp garlic infused or flavoured olive oil, and a little extra to drizzle over at the end 480g cooked BBQ chicken, diced (e.g. ~1/2 cooked chicken) 1 stick celery, finely diced 2 carrots, finely diced 1 medium potato, peeled and…
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An endurance athlete’s experience: Altitude
“On Saturday I competed in the Australian Alpine Ascent in the Snowy Mountains. The race started at Lake Jindabyne for a 3km lake swim, 124km bike and 28km run to the top of Australia’s highest Peak; Mt Kosciusko. To help me prepare for racing at altitude- I slept in a Hypoxic Altitude Training System that simulates oxygen-reduced air of a…
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Energy Drinks – do we really need all the extra stuff?
ENERGY DRINKS – DO WE REALLY NEED ALL THE EXTRA STUFF? Cutting to the chase: Most of the evidence currently available would suggest the most beneficial component in these energy drinks relating to cognitive and physical performance is the caffeine component. More information As we know energy drinks contain caffeine and in varying amounts depending on the brand you get.…
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Launch of Triathlon Nutrition Arsenal
Welcome to Triathlon Nutrition Arsenal! This is a program that has been created specifically for triathletes by a qualified sports dietitian/nutritionist and competitive endurance athlete herself, Steph Gaskell. It has been developed because Steph wants to provide you, the triathlete with quality and qualified nutrition advice and support. There are no other programs of this kind. Lets face it there’s…
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Kevin Fergusson – Awarded Legend of the Sport Triathlon Australia 2015
Nutrition Strategies has been working with Kev Fergusson for some time. Those of you who are involved in the triathlon community may know Kev. He has a fantastic triathlon record, competing overseas against the best and doing Australia proud. So we thought our readers would like to get to know Kev a bit more… …
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Get to know Blake & how nutrition has helped his running
Hi Blake, thank you for allowing us to talk to you today. Can you tell us about your sporting background, it seems you came out of nowhere into the trail running scene? Well I did basically every sport you can think of throughout my childhood, but was most recently a cyclist for 4yrs before moving to running. The whole cycling…
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Supplements – are they what they say they are?
Are you on the supplement train… Consuming a performance nutrition diet will give you the most BANG for your buck in terms of health and performance in sport. Whether an athlete or non-athlete I think most of us want that winning edge over others. At least I know that I prefer to be the fittest, strongest, fastest, most powerful compared…
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Pelvic Pain and Dietary Management
I was very happy to be invited to present about the role diet has to play in the management of bowel problems at a Pelvic Pain seminar, sponsored by SHine SA and Pelvic Pain Australia. Pelvic pain (such as bladder pain, endometriosis, vulvodynia) affects one in five women, and one in twelve men at some stage in their life, however…
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Nourish Festival
Who is going to the Nourish Festival? It is Adelaide’s premier yoga and fitness festival and it is on the 17th October, 2015! I will be there and talking along with the lovely Tanya Lewis and Evangeline Mantzioris at 3pm on Sat Oct 17 at 3pm http://www.nourishfestival.com.au