A Professional Vegan Footballer (Part 1) – Ian Craig
This case study by Ian Craig showcases how many dietary cases represent more of a psychological than a nutritional intervention. I revisited his genetics tests, reaffirming his need for detoxification, inflammation and oxidative stress support, plus a little magnesium since he was heterozygous for the COMT 472 gene, which is involved in the inactivation of […]
A Professional Vegan Footballer (Part 2) – Gerard Finnemore
In part 2 of this article, we now gain the perspective from clinical psychologist, Gerard Finnemore, who used qEEG assessment and neurofeedback and biofeedback strategies to support the professional footballer client. Overwhelm is like a computer with too many windows open; it presents as anxiety but doesn’t easily respond well to conventional anxiety treatments” Elite […]
Tailoring Nutrition and Training to a Footballer’s Menstrual Cycle – Simone do Carmo
The menstrual cycle can affect an athletes’ dietary patterns and their performance capacity. Sports Nutritionist, exercise physiologist and personal trainer, Simone do Carmo shares her experiences through this case study. Ultimately, what matters as a practitioner is the person in front of you, and understanding a woman’s unique experiences around her menstrual cycle.” In a […]
A Chronic Fatigue Case Study – Ian Craig
What we believe and how we act profoundly affects our physiology. It’s no accident that many athletes are not reaching optimal health. Ian Craig views a complex chronic fatigue case of a long-distance triathlete. Chronic fatigue is not something you often hear athletes admitting to, but it is an increasingly common occurrence and not just […]
Plant-based Runner with Digestive Challenges – Simone do Carmo
Gastrointestinal distress is a common issue, especially among long-distance runners. Simone do Carmo shares an interesting case of a competitive plant-based runner, that shows how improving gut health can have a major impact on an athlete’s performance. John was a 19-year-old, competitive long-distance runner and a full-time student with a typical A-type personality: ambitious, determined […]
Stress and Overtraining in Cyclist – Ian Craig
Lee was a 42-year-old competitive cyclist who, despite having a well-designed training programme (from his club coach) and being very dedicated to his sport, had experienced deterioration in performance over the past two seasons. He had been putting the same effort into his training but gaining less of a training effect than in previous years […]
The nature of our role in an athlete’s ecosystem – Paul Ehren
The ethos of CISN is to bring functional medicine and functional nutrition practices into the sporting arena. Paul Ehren expands this thinking further with his incredible theory of an athlete’s ecosystem. “Would you be the one to prescribe the ‘magic bullet’ in the knowledge that your athlete (and you) may be able to bask in the glory […]
Ergogenic aids in professional and recreational sports: a different perspective – Paul Ehren
Within the field of integrative sports nutrition, we like to think outside of the metaphorical box. Paul Ehren will stretch your imagination with his very fresh perspective on ergogenic aids. Let’s start with a definition of ergogenic aids. “In the context of sport, an ergogenic aid can be broadly defined as a technique or substance used for […]
Overtraining revisited from an integrative perspective – Ian Craig
Overtraining is a well-studied phenomenon in sports medicine, but it may also be viewed as adrenal fatigue in integrative health practices. Ian Craig pulls together a few physiological models and considerations to help us understand this term better. Overtraining interests me a lot, not just because during my own athletic career, I often pushed my […]
Exercise-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction in endurance athletes – Katherine Caris-Harris
Gastrointestinal health in athletes has become an important speciality subject for nutritional therapist Katherine Caris-Harris. In this article, she shares her mechanistic review of gastrointestinal dysfunction, incorporating the functional medicine model. If you take part in endurance sports, it is likely that you will have experienced gastrointestinal dysfunction at some point, either in a race […]
