Is Underfueling A Load Of Rubbish?

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Scott and Dr Alan McCubbin discuss the latest debates in endurance nutrition, focusing on under-fueling and REDs syndrome.

In this episode of Fuelin Session, Scott sits down with Dr Alan McCubbin to work through the latest debate in endurance nutrition. Does REDS syndrome actually hold up? They cover Penny Slater's new paper on what athletes and coaches misunderstand about under-fueling, the Areta-led paper challenging the IOC's REDS model, and why the gap between energy availability and energy balance trips up so many athletes. Studies In this episode of Fuelin Session, Scott sits down with Dr Alan McCubbin to work through the latest debate in endurance nutrition. Does REDS syndrome actually hold up? They cover Penny Slater's new paper on what athletes and coaches misunderstand about under-fueling, the Areta-led paper challenging the IOC's REDS model, and why the gap between energy availability and energy balance trips up so many athletes. Studies: An Exploratory Survey of Education Needs and Preferences Regarding Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport for Female Triathletes and Their Coacheshttps://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/wspaj/34/1/article-wspaj.2025-0029.xml Mountjoy et al, 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)…

People in this episode

Host: Scott

Guest: Dr Alan McCubbin

Topics covered

• endurance nutrition
• REDs syndrome
• under-fueling
• energy availability
• energy balance
• athlete health

Keywords

• under-fueling
• REDs syndrome
• endurance nutrition
• energy availability
• energy balance
• athletes
• nutrition debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IOC

Books & works: An Exploratory Survey of Education Needs and Preferences Regarding Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport for Female Triathletes and Their Coaches, International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs), Does Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) Syndrome Exist?, Update to the Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement Part 1: State of the Science and Introduction of a New Adole

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