Today I answered a question on the topic of Amenorrhea in endurance athletes. This is obviously a huge issue with body fat coming down more and more in female athletes all the time!
One comment in the question took caught my attention which was ‘my diet is very carb-heavy but I’m trying to eat more MUFAs’. My response went something
This came to my attention when I read or heard that it had been voted Runners World's best nutritional product of 2010.... I have no idea who was voting or what the criteria was but it does make one wonder....
Everything about this products just screams ridiculousness. Firstly the marketing... only 50kcals per bottle... is that really what those undertaking 60minutes of exercise should
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