The Resilience Round Up Podcast, Episode 38: Fueling for Readiness and Resilience

The Resilience Round Up Podcast, Episode 38: Fueling for Readiness and Resilience

From The Resilience Round Up Podcast by Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness

February 12, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

Tracey Smith, Ph.D. discusses nutritional research aimed at optimizing warfighter health and performance.

This episode’s podcast features Tracey Smith, Ph.D., Civilian Deputy for the Military Nutrition Division, who discusses the topic “Fueling for Readiness and Resilience.” She speaks about the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine’s nutritional research on optimizing warfighter health and performance. This research has produced several impactful findings and guidelines for performance and recovery nutrition, fueling in austere environments, healthy eating, physiological resilie...

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Guest: Tracey Smith, Ph.D.

Topics covered

  • nutrition
  • military health
  • performance
  • resilience
  • recovery

Keywords

  • nutrition
  • warfighter health
  • performance nutrition
  • recovery nutrition
  • austere environments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

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