Athletes

S5E10: How To Keep Your Immune System Young + Covid19 & Your Genes w Dr. Jenna Macchiochi, PhD

Season 5, Episode 10

Dr. Marc Bubbs interviews Dr. Jenna Macciochi, PhD, expert immunologist, lecturer at Sussex University and author of Immunity: The Science of Staying Well. Dr Jenna specialises in understanding how nutrition and lifestyle interact with the immune system in health and disease.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE:

2:05 – How immunologists Dr. Jenna Macciochi, PhD got interested in the field?
3:50 – What is your immune system? (It May Surprise You!)
7:05 – Myths around the immune system you hear online?
10:30 – What is immune-metabolism? (The connection between immunity and metabolism)
14:10 – How weight loss, or maintaining a healthy weight, has a powerful impact on immunity and health.
18:10 – Your chronological age vs. your immunological age. (Why is it important?)
21:25 – Covid19 and myocarditis: does the covid19 vaccine increase your risk?
24:05 – Controlled exposure of covid19 virus vs. the whole virus (genetic variation)
28:25 – Will the seasonal cold and flus be worse this year? (Will you have an immunity debt?)
33:00 – Nutrition for immunity: where to start?
37:45 – How does an urban vs. rural environment impact immune function?
40:05 – Food colours and immunity
45:30 – Supplements to support immunity
48:35 – How mindset and nature is interconnected with our immunity

ABOUT DR. JENNA:

Website: www.drjennamacciochi.com

Book: Staying-Well-Healthy-Immune-System

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJMacc

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S5E9: 7 Key Lessons from Pro Cycling & How They Can Help Your Athletes w Dr. Impey + Chef Strobel

Season 5, Episode 9

Marc interviews with Dr. Sam Impey, PhD, Sport Scientist at Team BikeExchange and co-founder of the nutrition App Hexis, as well as Performance Chef Nicki Strobel to dissect they work they do in pro cycling with Team Bike Exchange to prepare for major races like the Tour de France.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE:
2:00 – Introduction to Dr. Samuel Impey, PhD, and performance chef Nicki Strobel.
4:15– The build-up to a Tour de France: how do performance staff prepare riders?
6:35 – What does ‘training the gut’ mean for cyclists (and other endurance athletes)?
9:15 – How many carbs per hour does a Tour de France rider consume?
12:30 – How does a Performance Chef work with athletes?
16:15 – The importance of re-fueling in the first few hours after intense training.
19:55 – Why does chef Strobel put the riders favorite meals at the end of a Grand Tour?
23:10 – The value of simplicity in achieving compliance.
25:30 – Carbohydrate periodization in elite cyclists: how does it play out?
29:55 – The value of ‘education’ versus ‘prescription’ when it comes to nutrition.
34:45 – Bodyweight and skinfold calipers: how do they inform performance staff decisions with riders?
37:00 – Assessing resting metabolic rate (RMR) in cyclists; how might it change in training vs. competition.
39:00 – Consideration for practitioners and coaches when athletes are training at altitude.
42:45 – Two key reasons for low-fiber foods before mountain climbs.
45:35 – Supplement strategies for elite cyclists & the value of ‘do no harm’.
51:10 – How does cultural diversity in a performance staff, and athletes, help to propel performance.

ABOUT DR. SAM IMPEY, PHD & CHEF NICKI STROBEL:

Dr. Sam Impey, PhD, Sport Scientist at Team BikeExchange and co-founder of the nutrition App Hexis

Performance Chef Nicki Strobel works in pro cycling with Team Bike Exchange to prepare riders for major races like the Tour de France

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S5E6: Novel Biomarkers for Low Energy Availability in Athletes w Dr. Jose Areta PhD

Season 5, Episode 6

Dr. Marc Bubbs interviews Dr. Jose Areta, PhD, to dive deeply into the concept of 'low energy availability' (LEA), potential biomarkers to flag LEA and what it means for athletes, coaches, and practitioners.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE:
3:35 – Jose educational and research background
7:00 – The definition of ‘low energy availability’ (LEA)
11:45 – Biomarkers of low energy availability: do they exist?
16:20 – T3 hormones are a predictor of LEA.
19:30 – Is leptin a biomarker of LEA?
21:45 – IGF-1 as a biomarker for LEA
22:55 - Bone biomarkers for LEA
25:52 – The menstrual cycle as a biomarker and possibility of low energy availability in men
32:15 – The effects of protein and carbohydrates in states of low-energy availability
34:15 – The ‘sleep low’ training strategy
39:25 – High performance is a balancing act
40:55 – The evolution of research in low energy availability

ABOUT DR. JOSE ARETA, PHD:

Dr. Jose Areta, PhD, who currently works as a lecturer in Sports Nutrition and Metabolism at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at LJMU.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlAreta

RESEARCH PAPERS

Low energy availability: history, definition and evidence of its endocrine, metabolic and physiological effects in prospective studies in females and males.

Low energy availability in female athletes: From the lab to the field.

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