Sports nutrition focuses on optimizing performance, recovery, and overall health for athletes and active individuals through personalized dietary strategies. This includes managing macronutrients, micronutrients, hydration, and meal timing around training and competitions. We assist in enhancing recovery, extending time to fatigue, preventing injuries, reaching ideal body composition for competition day, and managing weight cutting for events.
Vitality Health Checks & Nutrition Consults
Earn up to 22,500 Vitality points with an in-office Health Check
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1,000 points for attending a Nutrition Consultation
âś” Approved Discovery Vitality Provider
We create carbo-loading plans that fuel you effectively without leaving you feeling heavy on race day, helping you avoid hitting the wall. Our comprehensive race plans include pacing, nutrition, hydration, mental prep, and logistics, tailored to optimize your performance and recovery, reducing stress, injury, and illness risks, and boosting your chances of hitting personal bests and race goals.
Food intolerance causes digestive issues like bloating and diarrhea due to difficulty digesting certain foods, like lactose or gluten. Unlike allergies, it stems from poor digestion. Common types include lactose and gluten intolerance, as well as reactions to additives. Managing it involves avoiding trigger foods and using enzyme supplements. DNA testing can help identify intolerances.
Allergies are immune responses to harmless substances, causing symptoms from mild itching to severe anaphylaxis. Diagnosis involves history and tests, with management including avoidance, medications, and possibly immunotherapy. Effective management requires knowing triggers, having an emergency plan, and working with healthcare providers.
FODMAPs are poorly absorbed carbs and sugar alcohols that can trigger bloating, gas, and other IBS symptoms. Managing involves identifying and avoiding high-FODMAP foods, especially during flare-ups or stress, like exercise.
DNA testing provides personalized diet plans, identifies supplements your body needs, highlights potential health risks, and suggests the best exercise types for optimal results. It also offers recovery and injury prevention insights.
DNA testing benefits include:
Medical nutrition uses diet to manage and prevent health conditions, focusing on therapeutic nutrients and dietary interventions for diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular issues. It involves preventive care, nutrition therapy, and collaboration with healthcare professionals, including blood tests to assess and improve your health alongside your doctor.
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Email: info@sportsdietitian.co.za
Addresses: Unit 2 Sadre Park, 1a Hibiscus Road, Durbanville
Open: Mondays – Fridays
8am – 5pm
Whatsapp: +27 82 512 7307
Email: info@sportsdietitian.co.za
Addresses: Dan Grobler Biokineticists (2 Diaz Street, Somerset West)
Open: Fridays
9am – 3pm
Whatsapp: +27 82 512 7307
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Addresses: Geoff Foat Physiotherapy (Unit 9, Green Point Mews, 99 Main Rd, Green Point)
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8am – 5pm
Whatsapp: +27 82 512 7307
Email:Â info@sportsdietitian.co.za
Addresses: The Performance Institute (30 Marine Dr, Paarden Eiland)
Open: FridaysÂ
9am – 3pm