Registered Dietician and Olympic trials qualifier Emily Brown Answers Your Nutrition Questions

Emily Brown running nutritionHow do you establish a healthy diet that allows you to fuel for performance, enjoy food, and maintain a healthy weight?

In this interview, we chat with registered dietician and 15:19 5k runner Emily Brown about how she approaches fueling in her own training as well as how she advises clients on how to establish and maintain a healthy diet. In addition to being a registered dietician and an elite runner, Emily is pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Health to help better bridge the gap between sports nutrition and general health.

Specifically, Emily is going to teach you:

  • How to create a well-rounded diet that allows you to fuel for performance while still incorporating the foods you like.
  • How to stay consistent with your diet and fueling for long-term success.
  • The guidelines for losing weight while training, why you might actually gain weight when training, and how to ensure your running performance doesn’t suffer in the process.
  • The optimal fueling windows before and after workouts and how to ensure you’re getting the calories and nutrition you need to fuel your mileage and training intensity.
  • Which supplements might be beneficial for runners and which ones might be more a waste of money.

If you’ve been struggling with how to fuel your training, looking to lose weight, or just have general questions about running nutrition, this is a great interview to listen to.

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