Dimensions
153 x 234 x 18mm
Food should be really simple. It is the means by which we nourish our bodies, providing them with the nutrients and fuel we need in order to live, exercise and socialise. Yet, in recent years, food and nutrition have become more complicated, confusing and polarising than ever before. Fuel for Thought by leading sports dietitian Renee McGregor is a practical and trustworthy guide to sports nutrition, whether you're a world-class or real-world athlete, or just someone who wants to improve their relationship with food. Cutting through the jargon and misinformation, Renee draws on over twenty years' experience of working with sportspeople from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to provide straightforward, accessible advice about how you can fuel your adventures. The follow-up to More Fuel You, in this book Renee looks at sports nutrition through the lens of her own sporting passion ? running. She urges caution over the explosion of social media nutrition and fitness experts, apps and programmes that all claim to offer bespoke dietary advice. Instead, she offers practical information based on her own personal and professional experiences, including an A?Z of foods and a section dedicated to her own tried-and-tested, budget-friendly recipe ideas which use simple, everyday ingredients. There is also guidance on how to recognise and get help with dysfunctional behaviours, from REDs to exercise dependency, and how to be informed about your hormonal health when you go in search of appropriate support. AUTHOR: Renee McGregor is a leading sports and eating disorder specialist dietitian with over twenty years' experience working in clinical and performance nutrition. She has worked with athletes across the globe at Olympic level (Rio 2016) and has provided team management on numerous occasions at major championships in a variety of sports. She is the nutrition lead for English and Scottish National Ballet and was actively involved in producing the consensus statement about the management of REDs in dance. She is also on the international task force for orthorexia and is a named author on the consensus document on definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa. She is one of the leading voices in the country in REDs, female hormonal health and performance nutrition, and works with a number of professional athletes, teams and brands on a consultancy basis providing expert support on REDs and ensuring nutritional and clinical guidance for both performance and health. She is the founder of Team Renee McGregor, managing a leading multi-disciplinary team of practitioners specialising in supporting individuals of all ages in their sporting endeavours and providing expert advice to athletes seeking support for a dysfunctional relationship with food and training. This is reflected in her work on social media where she prides herself on proving an educational hub for both the professional and everyday athlete. Renee is the bestselling author of More Fuel You, Training Food, Fast Fuel and Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Goes Bad, and she writes a monthly column for Runner's World. She is often asked to comment and provide technical support for news and media, and she was the clinical advisor for the BBC documentary Freddie Flintoff: Living with Bulimia. Renee is a Montane athlete and a trustee for Black Trail Runners, supporting and advocating the importance of increased diversity and accessibility to minority groups to the outdoors. When not inspiring others with her work, Renee can be found running in the mountains and chasing the trails around her home in the Lake District In 2022, she became British trail running champion for the short distance in her age group and finished third female in the Montane Summer Spine Sprint. In 2023, she finished fourth female and within the top ten in the Mustang Trail Race in Nepal.
