'we Do Science' - The Guru Performance Podcast

Episode 136 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Energy Availability: From Health to Performance" with Jose Areta PhD, Liverpool John Moores University, UK). Discussion Topics Include: Energy Availability (EA): an overview Energy Balance, Energy Deficit, and Energy Availability  EA and impact on training adaptions incl down-regulation of skeletal muscle protein synthesis and autophagy EA and impact on health (incl menstrual function and bone metabolism) Case study of an athlete in chronic low energy availability Training with low carbohydrate availability AND low energy availability Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to: Skeletal muscle glycogen content at rest and during endurance exercise in humans: a meta-analysis Effects of sleeping with reduced carbohydrate availability on acute training responses Case study: Resumption of eumenorrhea in parallel with high training load after 4 years of menstrual dys