Matt Myers’ Post

Sporting Excitement With the opening ceremony tonight and some events already underway, it’s on TV and in the news – the pinnacle of sporting events, The Olympics is here. Sitting down is one of the most health damaging thing we do but to the detriment of my own fitness, I’ll probably watch quite a lot of it! Gymnastics, athletics, team sports. So much to choose from. Lots of archery since it’s my own sport, even though it’s target archery. I competed mainly in field archery which isn’t in the Olympics. It’s a shame because field archery is almost exactly like golf and I think much more fun to do and interesting to watch. We’ll enjoy seeing people at their physical peak performing astounding feats of strength, speed and skill. Behind this are the years and years of gruelling training and competition and great cost to social lives, careers and families. I doubt we’ll hear about what they’ve been eating and the assumption will be that they’re in great shape all because of exercise. So what do athletes eat nowadays? When I represented Great Britain, we were told to eat the carb-heavy, low-fat diet that led to my 10 years of misery. I was over-weight, always hungry, tired all the time, suffered mood swings, dizzy spells, frequent illness, athlete’s foot, bad skin…….. We were encouraged to use sports drinks full of sugar. When we went to the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall, there were large dispensers for breakfast cereal and piles of bread. I suspect this approach contributed to Steve Redgrave (one of my all-time sporting heroes), developing diabetes. I hope things have moved on but good nutritional knowledge has always been available and sadly it had been corrupted by vested interests. We can learn a lot from the excellent recent Channel 5 documentary ‘London ‘48 How Britain Saved the Olympics’ The British athletes were weedy and sickly from rationing. Only one egg a week, little meat or fat, one ounce of cheese... The American athletes had food all through the war and had beef flown into Britain during the event. In a league of their own, they looked amazing - muscular, fit and energetic, they won by far the most medals. It’s a graphic illustration of the difference good food makes. The big sponsors are the usual suspects and there’s a petition to end Coca-cola’s involvement. The love of money means that every 4 years the high ideals of the Olympiad are brushed aside and people’s health trashed. The positive association with the fittest in the world increases sales and damages lives – especially young lives. It needs to stop. https://lnkd.in/eBYHg4Cx During my 17 years in Nutrition Coaching I’ve seen client after client transformed by caring for their bodies with proper nutrition. You don’t need to be a sporting great. You’ll benefit from good food whatever you do. Enjoy a more vibrantly healthy life – learn to eat well. Top tip: Sport participant or spectator – always eat well! #healthyeating #learntoeatwell

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Feeding the many - the parallels between healthcare and the Olympics Confession time! I admit to being a very 'daggy' dietitian (a very Australian word for all my overseas colleagues). But when I am travelling, I love going to the local supermarket to see how the locals REALLY eat. Not the tourist take on the cuisine, but what local people eat on a daily basis. It can be a fascinating insight into the differences of people across the world. Because here's the thing - there is no such thing as 'normal' when it comes to eating! My normal can look very different to my neighbour. Food that is a delicacy in one culture can be abhorrent to another. For taste is more cultural than it is physiological. And it gets more complex than this. For we don't eat for purely physiological or taste reasons. There are so many complex layers around why we eat what we eat - culture, religion, ethics, morals, values, beliefs, norms, family, society, history, heritage, tradition, comfort, routine, wellbeing, symbolism, celebration, ritual, personal and collective identity, belonging, connection, healing, caring, nurture, security, safety, status, power, control, agency, autonomy.....this is the 'meaning' that we bring to food. Thus the parallels between healthcare and the Olympics. I've been reflecting on the enormous task of catering to such a diverse group of individuals gathered from across the globe. Athletes have high nutritional needs to meet the demands of their sport, and those in our healthcare system are often undertaking their own 'marathons' as they battle illness, disease and trauma. Nutrition is critical to achieving the goals of both athletes and patients. So it was good to see this reflected in the food vision for the Paris 2024 Olympics - acknowledging that athletes will bring a variety of food practices and require support for them to achieve peak performance. We know good nutrition improves patient outcomes but it's time to move past simple metrics to measure success. If we are going to ensure equitable outcomes for all our patients we need to ensure that the food we provide meets more that just their physiological needs. We need to reflect on the 'meaning' of food to those in our care. Forgive me this long post. But the provision of nutritious food that people want to eat is MY love language. It sparks joy in my heart! (I guess Marie Kondo would approve) 💙 Or in the words of our patients.... Food that is nutritious + Food that has meaning = Food that helps us heal #nutrition #hospital #foodservice #food #eating #olympics #patients #athletes

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More than a billion people are obese worldwide, and half of world on track to be overweight by 2035.   What horrendous research findings.   I wrote about this a few years ago, about sport has to play a larger role in societies around the world to help change this health crisis.   But how can they help?   International sports organisations are well positioned to connect their sport to a healthy lifestyle:   Including:   > they work with elite athletes who personify health and wellbeing and who are influencers with their own audiences > they have a global network of National Federation members to implement health and wellbeing activities alongside sport development >they own major event / franchise programmes to engage and encourage people with healthy-living activities   Plus, sports can achieve significant audience growth if they focus on market and product development, and diversification their brand into the healthy-living sector. It’s a win win for everyone. Here’s the link to my post on this: https://lnkd.in/dNwPZ_E https://lnkd.in/evMvGwqP

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maintaining adequate energy availability is essential not only for exercise performance but also for essential physiological functions and daily activities !!! #reds #relativeenergydeficiency #dietetics #dietitian

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