Episode #336 with the Nutrition Mechanic Dina Griffin

<p>Debbie and Dina start to dive deep into the unknown subject of training and fueling the low carb FEMALE athlete to improve performance and longevity.</p> <p>There is NOT much research conducted in this area so we need to start to use our own N = 1 experiment.</p> <p>Start to reduce your external and hidden internal stressors with functional lab testing and clinical correlation with an FDN Practitioner health detective as myself, Debbie, for starters!</p> <p>You don't know what is "under the hood" unless you run well-chosen functional lab testing and correlate data together to put the missing pieces of the puzzle together.</p> <ul> <li>Coaches should always strive to build training according to their athletes’ unique physiology, but how many of our training practices are weighted toward the male experience?</li> <li>How does our nutrition and hydration affect performance?</li> <li>What doe you think is outdated science that has led to one-size-fits-all training?</li> <li>How do our female hormones affect the way we train and perform on race day?  How are women different than men?</li> <li>Most of our research is based on men- so how should we interpret data and recommendations for the female athlete – premenopausal and post menopausal?</li> <li>Should women train have fasted?  Or are we causing additional source of stress?</li> <li>Should female athletes follow a ketogenic diet? </li> <li>Do female endurance athletes need carbs… how much is too low or too high? </li> <li>Discuss the menstrual cycle- training and fueling based on our cycle days.</li> <li>How does the status of the female’s microbiome impact our fueling, training and performing?</li> <li>How should the female athlete hydrate differently than men?</li> <li>Recovery tips for the female athlete vs. male athlete</li> <li>Training and racing in hot environments- female vs. male athlete</li> <li>transition into peri-menopause?</li> <li>what about to menopause and post-menopause —> How should female athletes adjust nutrition or what should they be payin