We’re excited to welcome sports dietitian Angie Ashe to this week’s podcast. Angie does an outstanding job with nutritional counseling for a variety of athletes, and has a lot of experience working with baseball players in particular. In this episode, we delve into the controversial topic of nutrition supplementation.

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Show Outline

• How Angie goes about starting nutritional conversations with her athletes and teaching them what they can do before looking to dietary supplements
• Why athletes should be maximizing what they are eating and drinking before worrying about what supplements they should be taking
• What supplement story initially sparked Angie’s interest in the world of supplements as a dietician
• Where athletes can be misguided by the hype around supplements
• What supplements Angie sees as must-haves in all peoples’ diets
• What boxes Angie looks to check before recommending dietary supplementation in youth athletes
• Why individuals need to be aware of the post-market testing model exploited by the supplement industry in order to understand the importance of buying third party verified products
• How being conscious of ingredients on supplement labels can make it easier for consumers to identify safe and ethical supplements
• What supplements are a complete waste of money
• What athletes need to know about popular supplements such as BCAAs, collagen powders, probiotics, and glutamine
• What to look for and stray away from when investing in protein powders
• What guidelines Angie recommends for consuming creatine and how it can be used to improve athletic performance
• With the heightened popularity of preworkout and energy drinks, why athletes should be cognizant of the source of their caffeine consumption and what Angie recommends for caffeine intake in one’s diet
• What research says about the benefits of drinking coffee and how obtaining caffeine from healthy sources is often overlooked for healthy living and improving human performance
• How individuals should be concerned about consuming more processed protein sources as more people are moving away from animal consumption and towards alternative diets
• Where Angie goes to learn more about nutrition and stay up to date on the research of the field
• What Angie’s go-to smoothie is for skinny individuals looking to gain weight
• Where Angie sees future research in the nutrition community heading

You can follow Angie on Twitter at @EleatNutrition and on Instagram at @EleatNutrition.

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