April Bennetts Dietitian 23elements

Excellent article - particular interest to crossfit master athletes

Over 40 and not pulling up well after training? It could be the amount and timing of your protein.
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Climbing Nutrition: The Sports Nutrition Pyramid What's good, better, and best when it comes to sports nutrition.

The larger the serving size of food, or the container it comes in, the greater likelihood a person will eat more of it. This effect, called portion distortion, can easily lead to passive over-consumption and with that real increases in the risk of obesity and its connected diseases.

http://www.thinkingnutrition.com.au/portion-distortion-leads-to-overeating/

Portion distortion and how it makes us overeat - Thinking Nutrition The larger the serving size of food, or the container it comes in, the greater likelihood a person will eat more of it. This effect, called portion distortion, can easily lead to passive over-consumption and with that real increases in the risk of obesity and its...

“A person who masters their nutrition would look at the Paleo diet and understand that there is no one size fits all approach to nutrition. Nutritional intake needs to match individual requirements and the Paleo diet may be a starting point for some, but not necessarily be the best in reaching their destination and goals” ~ April Bennetts http://bit.ly/1lhcUsq

Check out my guest blog with Wholesome Collective

http://www.thewholesomeco.com.au/twcblog/2015/11/2/nutrition-for-crossfitters-becoming-masters-of-their-own-nutrition

Nutrition for CrossFitters - becoming masters of their own nutrition April Bennetts from 23elements is a recognised Sports Dietitian focused on CrossFit nutrition in Australia. As a CrossFitter herself, she is dedicated to helping people to master their own nutrition and take control over their own nutritional choices. Over the years she has seen people become confu…

Love this diagram.. There is no one size fits all with working out carbohydrate intake . Training intensity , frequency and duration can all play a factor in determining carbohydrate intake . A very common thing I see is people "binging" on non training days and limiting intake on training days. Matching carbohydrate intake with your requirements will yield better results .

Is Charlie coming from a view of a masterer?

http://www.mamamia.com.au/http://www.psypost.org/2015/08/high-sugar-consumption-among-children-relates-to-poor-family-functioning-study-finds-36907/charlie-pickering-paleo/

Watch Charlie Pickering gleefully pick apart the paleo diet. I wonder if the paleo diet can cure SIQ BURNS?

THE global increase in the incidence of obesity and diet-related metabolic diseases has intensified interest in ancestral or “Paleolithic” diets.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/682587

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I am always fascinated within society how skinny people stay skinny in an obese environment . Is it psychology , hormones , genetics that make them different? I recommend watching this video to find out some of the answers science is just finding out
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/452036675928/why-are-thin-people-not-fat

Why Are Thin People Not Fat? | SBS On Demand It is estimated that there are now more people on the planet at risk from obesity-related diseases than there are suffering from starvation. Western society in the 21st century is eating itself into an early grave but, while the ranks of the overweight and obese are swelling, there is a significant…

Unfortunately some athletes wanting to excel turn to performance enhancing drugs . No search exists to know if athletes in Crossfit are turning to performance enhancing drugs but could be likely considering professional and amateur athletes in other sports turn to such measures . http://m.bbc.com/sport/33646276

One in 10 athletes doping - Wada chief More than 10% of elite athletes could be cheating, with youngsters a concern, says Wada director general David Howman.

If you commit to being consistent with a routine and you screw up now and then, you’ll still be successful.