As long as your plant based or vegan diet is high in protein, it can be just as effective for muscle gain and recovery as a mixed diet. The key factor is that you need to eat enough plant protein overall spread out regularly throughout each meal to achieve at least 1.6g.kg.

Over the past month I have used Supersapiens continuous glucose monitor to learn what happens to my blood glucose levels so I can better advise my athletes using it. While running a busy sports nutrition clinic, I train an average 14h of cycling, 300km a week. Here’s what I learned and the nutrition tips I recommend for anyone starting to use Supersapiens.

Taking on an Ironman triathlon with a 3.8Km swim, 180-Km bike and 42.2Km run is no mean feat.

In recent years I've seen a huge rise in the number of people choosing to adopt plant based diets. A common concern for people transitioning into a plant based lifestyle is how to ensure you get enough protein from plants. This post shares some of the best plant based sources of protein when following a plant based, vegetarian or vegan diet.

If you don't like meat or prefer to follow a plant based or vegetarian diet, getting enough iron from plant based sources can be difficult to achieve. Difficult, but not impossible. With some careful planning it is possible for vegetarians to use plant based foods to achieve their iron needs.

Thinking of doing an Everesting? Deciding to climb 8848m on the bike in one ride is no mean feat. Beyond the mental and physical challenge, ensuring that you are well fuelled and hydrated to support your efforts is a key factor in your success. Here's an insight into the nutrition planning that went behind fuelling an Everesting attempt for me.

Whether due to a dairy intolerance, cows milk allergy or personal choice to follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, getting enough calcium from plant based sources alone can be difficult to achieve. Difficult, but not impossible.

With some careful planning it is possible for vegetarians to use plant based sources of calcium to achieve their calcium needs.

You don't have to be an elite or professional athlete to benefit from nutrition support and advice. Here's 10 reasons why you should see a Sports Dietitian to get the most out of your cycling and triathlon training.

How many things are you currently trying to overhaul in your life?

Maybe it’s getting more sleep, stretching, strength, exercise or nutrition habits you want to work on. How many are you trying to change all at once?

All too often I see people trying to make too many changes at the same time and not being able to stick with them in the long term when life gets crazy.

"I'm training all the time, but I'm not losing weight. Where am I going wrong?" Getting the right balance as an athlete can be a challenge when trying to improve body composition and your power to weight ratio.

Some say you should always eat before a training session, others praise the benefits of fasted cardio. Is there a best approach and should you eat before training?

Optimising your body composition to improve power-to-weight ratio is a common challenge faced by cyclists. Finding the balance is tricky. Here are some of my top weight loss tips for cyclists wanting to improve their body composition.

One of the first steps I have all clients do before we start working together is to complete a thorough food, mood and training diary of their current nutritional intake to establish a baseline.

Getting your nutrition right during long rides can be a tricky balancing act at times. Don’t eat enough and you might run out of energy and bonk, overeat and you could end up with stomach troubles. To make it more complicated, the more trained you are improves how efficient your body is at using fat stores as fuel. You may find you’ll be able to ride further without eating as much after a few years of cycling compared to when you first began.

When measuring their body composition, many athletes are keen to know what their body fat percentage is (and how to reduce it). In my experience as a sports dietitian, body fat percentage is a waste of time when it comes to monitoring your body comp. Here's why.

If you follow a gluten free diet, what are your options when it comes for gluten free sports nutrition?

In 2018 I was crew member during Race Across America with Cyclists Fighting Cancer. Here are my reflections on the things we learnt along the way.

Energy requirements are calculated by combining resting metabolic rate (RMR) together with an activity factor which measures how active you are. The more active you are, the more energy your body requires on top of RMR. Even if you are fairly sedentary, your body will still require additional energy to walk around, sit, stand, digest food and many other things.

A key career goal of mine has been to become an Accredited Sports Dietitian with Sports Dietitians Australia.