Below is a selection of further information and links to a variety of nutrition topics.
LOW Energy Availability (LEA) & RED-S
These conditions can occur in any athlete and in any body type - you do not need to be “elite” or thin to encounter signs and symptoms of an underfuelled body.
IOC RED-S Consensus Statement 2018
High Performance Sport NZ - Low Energy Availability
High Performance Sport NZ - RED-S
Health 4 Performance - Optimising health for performance. Raising awareness of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) for all those involved with exercise training, sport and dance.
Female Athlete Podcast - RED-S episode with Dr Kate Ackerman
Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle - What’s normal FREE DOWNLOAD
No Period. Now What? A guide to regaining your cycles and improving your fertility. Nicola J. Rinaldi, PhD, 2019
EATING DISORDER & BODY IMAGE:
Eating Disorders Australia New Zealand - EDANZ is run by parents, caregivers, and people who have fully recovered from eating disorders.
CREDS - Central Regional Eating Disorder Services
NEDC - Australia’s National Eating Disorder Collaboration, with many resources and information
NEDC - What is Body Image? (Free download)
Butterfly Foundation - Support for Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues
Eating Disorders in Males - NEDC
Eating Disorders Information /BOCA Recovery Centre
AIS Disordered Eating in High Performance Sport - links to resources for athletes and coaches
Love Your Body Book - Jessica Saunders
NON-DIET Nutrition & INTUITIVE EATING
Did you know Diets Don’t work? 95% of diets fail, not because a person didn’t try hard enough or that it wasnt the right diet; more so, it was always going to fail and that dieting was/is not the right approach to improving your health.
Health At Every Size - The HAES® Principles promote health equity, support ending weight discrimination, and improve access to quality healthcare regardless of size.
Fiona Willer - Health not Diets
Make Peace With Food and Your Body - Evelyn Tribole, Dietitian, Original co-author of Intuitive Eating, 60 minute video
Warning - Diets Cause Weight Gain - 5 minute video - Must See!
Poodle Science - Association for Size Diversity and Health
SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS - HOW TO Choose Safely
Independent, third party batch tested supplements - the Gold Standard in testing for banned substances. Choosing safely is absolutely crucial if you are a high level athlete or take sports supplements and undergo routine drug tests for your job role, e.g., military personnnel. We also strongly encourage ALL exercisers, regardless of ability to check the supplements they take, or are considering to take, against an independent testing organisation (many supplement companies make false and misleading claims).
Informed Sport and Informed Choice (Worldwide and World leading)
HASTA (Australian site)
BSCG (mostly American products)