Comments on: Talking About Sports Nutrition http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/ Steph Davis Blog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:33:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: cara marrs http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1443 cara marrs Sun, 18 May 2008 21:02:16 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1443 Hi Steph- Thank you so much for your reply, I just returned from 5 days in the beautiful Moab area and just saw your reply today, I did not know that you had replied. Great info, its always interesting to hear what works for different people, and definitely vegetarian and vegan athletes that are succeeding in their nutrition. Most of those foods are foods that I regularly eat and also recommend. You do have protein sources listed, so you are probably getting your correct protein amounts, nothing says that the protein sources have to be from animal sources. Legumes and quinoa are great protein sources. Athletes do have higher protein needs in general, but you are correct that typically in the US, the general population gets more than enough protein. Carbohydrate is typically the main focus with endurance athletes and replenishment. There are certain grams/per kg of body weight of carbohydrate that are recommended for pre, during and exercise recovery. Many times, during bouts of fatigue the body's glycogen stores (stored carb), have not been replenished or fluid has not been replaced as much as the body needs, stress and high altitude cause a demand for higher amounts of water, and certainly efforts at higher altitudes demand more caloric intake. The bars, Mojo is definitely great tasting, are a great use during exercise, as are gels if an individual likes them. For a more natural gel pick, there is a company in Steamboat, Honey Stinger, that sells honey based products that are great to use alone or add to tea and cereal. Luna has a new product, the Luna moons that are great as well and organic. Omega 3's are a help for some people for fatigue, inflammatory conditions and many other things. These can certainly be obtained from plant sources, Omega-3's do not have to come from fish oil if an individual would prefer not to eat fish products, other forms are flaxseed (ground) and flaxseed oil to name a few. Keep in touch, I hope you are enjoying your spring! Cara Hi Steph-
Thank you so much for your reply, I just returned from 5 days in the beautiful Moab area and just saw your reply today, I did not know that you had replied. Great info, its always interesting to hear what works for different people, and definitely vegetarian and vegan athletes that are succeeding in their nutrition. Most of those foods are foods that I regularly eat and also recommend. You do have protein sources listed, so you are probably getting your correct protein amounts, nothing says that the protein sources have to be from animal sources. Legumes and quinoa are great protein sources. Athletes do have higher protein needs in general, but you are correct that typically in the US, the general population gets more than enough protein. Carbohydrate is typically the main focus with endurance athletes and replenishment. There are certain grams/per kg of body weight of carbohydrate that are recommended for pre, during and exercise recovery. Many times, during bouts of fatigue the body’s glycogen stores (stored carb), have not been replenished or fluid has not been replaced as much as the body needs, stress and high altitude cause a demand for higher amounts of water, and certainly efforts at higher altitudes demand more caloric intake. The bars, Mojo is definitely great tasting, are a great use during exercise, as are gels if an individual likes them. For a more natural gel pick, there is a company in Steamboat, Honey Stinger, that sells honey based products that are great to use alone or add to tea and cereal. Luna has a new product, the Luna moons that are great as well and organic. Omega 3’s are a help for some people for fatigue, inflammatory conditions and many other things. These can certainly be obtained from plant sources, Omega-3’s do not have to come from fish oil if an individual would prefer not to eat fish products, other forms are flaxseed (ground) and flaxseed oil to name a few.
Keep in touch,
I hope you are enjoying your spring!
Cara

]]> By: steph http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1262 steph Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:40:15 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1262 Thank you Daniel! I am lucky to have always worn Five Ten shoes. They are the only shoes I can climb hard in, and except for the Moccasym, all of the Five Ten shoes I use are made of synthetic materials. I was recently bemoaning this, as I never use leather for anything else, but can't let go of the Moccasyms for hard cracks, and they offered to make me a special pair of Moccasyms out of synthetic material! I am so excited, and can't wait to try them out, and am hoping this may get me out of leather completely. I started eating vegan purely for health/athletic reasons originally. But as the years have gone by, I care very much about trying to cause as little harm to other creatures as possible. I really love animals and respect them very much, and I don't want to see them hurt or forced into unnatural lives. I'm not so much out to change the world, as to change myself, but I would love to see all the people taking care of all living creatures, humans included. Wouldn't that be something? With being vegan and avoiding animal products of any kind, my policy has always been to just do the best I can. No one's perfect, but we can't let that stop us from trying to be better, right? I think it's fantastic that you are vegan, and your friends should consider following your great example, instead of teasing you..... Maybe you wear Five Ten shoes too, in which case they don't have a leg to stand on ;) Take care Daniel! xx Steph Thank you Daniel! I am lucky to have always worn Five Ten shoes. They are the only shoes I can climb hard in, and except for the Moccasym, all of the Five Ten shoes I use are made of synthetic materials. I was recently bemoaning this, as I never use leather for anything else, but can’t let go of the Moccasyms for hard cracks, and they offered to make me a special pair of Moccasyms out of synthetic material! I am so excited, and can’t wait to try them out, and am hoping this may get me out of leather completely.

I started eating vegan purely for health/athletic reasons originally. But as the years have gone by, I care very much about trying to cause as little harm to other creatures as possible. I really love animals and respect them very much, and I don’t want to see them hurt or forced into unnatural lives. I’m not so much out to change the world, as to change myself, but I would love to see all the people taking care of all living creatures, humans included. Wouldn’t that be something? With being vegan and avoiding animal products of any kind, my policy has always been to just do the best I can. No one’s perfect, but we can’t let that stop us from trying to be better, right?

I think it’s fantastic that you are vegan, and your friends should consider following your great example, instead of teasing you….. Maybe you wear Five Ten shoes too, in which case they don’t have a leg to stand on ;)
Take care Daniel!
xx Steph

]]> By: Daniel Maurice http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1261 Daniel Maurice Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:25:06 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1261 Hey Steph.  I also eat vegan and get a lot of flak for not wearing only Evolv shoes.  Do you get any of this?  It sounds like you have a similar "vegan" outlook as I do...more about healh than changing the world..is this correct?  By the way..I LOVED your feature in Alpinist.  So great. Hey Steph.  I also eat vegan and get a lot of flak for not wearing only Evolv shoes.  Do you get any of this?  It sounds like you have a similar “vegan” outlook as I do…more about healh than changing the world..is this correct?  By the way..I LOVED your feature in Alpinist.  So great.

]]> By: Access Your Health » Turn up the grill for this low-carb, high-fiber meal http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1247 Access Your Health » Turn up the grill for this low-carb, high-fiber meal Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:08:41 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1247 [...] Talking About SportsNutrition [...] [...] Talking About SportsNutrition [...]

]]> By: steph http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1246 steph Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:58:29 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1246 Hi Jay J, This is a link you could check out to answer your question really well: http://www.womentowomen.com/adrenalfatigue/dhea.aspx It's written "for women", but it's information that applies to any athlete, about the use of DHEA for adrenal exhaustion. Basically, DHEA is naturally produced in the body by the adrenal glands. As we age and/or overtax our adrenal glands, we can go into a deficiency. Like all supplements and nutritional things, you just never know what's "right" or "wrong." But the concepts are convincing enough that when I feel like I'm having some kind of adrenal exhaustion (which in itself, is my own assumption!), I do take DHEA for several weeks at a time. I think it helps? If you'd like to research it more, just do a google search on "adrenal exhaustion DHEA" and browse through the information. take care! xxSteph Hi Jay J,
This is a link you could check out to answer your question really well: http://www.womentowomen.com/adrenalfatigue/dhea.aspx
It’s written “for women”, but it’s information that applies to any athlete, about the use of DHEA for adrenal exhaustion. Basically, DHEA is naturally produced in the body by the adrenal glands. As we age and/or overtax our adrenal glands, we can go into a deficiency. Like all supplements and nutritional things, you just never know what’s “right” or “wrong.” But the concepts are convincing enough that when I feel like I’m having some kind of adrenal exhaustion (which in itself, is my own assumption!), I do take DHEA for several weeks at a time. I think it helps? If you’d like to research it more, just do a google search on “adrenal exhaustion DHEA” and browse through the information.
take care! xxSteph

]]> By: Talking About Sports Nutrition http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1245 Talking About Sports Nutrition Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:04:02 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1245 [...] Steph Davis wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAs an athlete and professional very interested in sports nutrition, I was curious about your switch to veganism. I would be curious as to what you eat when your training, protein sources, performance changes, etc. (more…) [...] [...] Steph Davis wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAs an athlete and professional very interested in sports nutrition, I was curious about your switch to veganism. I would be curious as to what you eat when your training, protein sources, performance changes, etc. (more…) [...]

]]> By: Jay J http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1244 Jay J Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/talking-about-sports-nutrition/#comment-1244 Steph - what does the DHEA do for you or what is it suppose to do for anyone? Steph - what does the DHEA do for you or what is it suppose to do for anyone?

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