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ADRIAN PENZHORN is the founder and owner of Food for Sport, a performance nutrition company and consultant dietician in private practice at 36 Palmyra Road Claremont, Cape Town. For more info log onto www.foodforsport.co.za or call 082 623 7609.
Black Gold – if anything is the perfect example of my performance nutrition beliefs, it is coffee, proof of the power of food. And we are not talking bulletproof nonsense here. The active ingredient caffeine is well researched in the context of sport and exercise nutrition. There are two possible […]
Through this series we are going look at the different items, gadgets, ingredients and techniques that will make your performance in the kitchen better and through that your performance on the road or trails better too. By creating the best food and nutrition environment and upskilling you along the way […]
There are some key physiological differences between males and females that can influence what we should be recommending in terms of nutritional approaches. ADRIAN PENZHORN unpacks …. Unfortunately most research into sports nutrition uses male participants and we cannot necessarily extrapolate these results to females. Most research into female athletes […]
FODMAPS might be a funny sounding acronym but bloating, cramping, constipation, diarrhea and pain are no laughing matter. ADRIAN PENZHORN digs a little deeper. Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols is what the term stands for; essentially a group of undigested carbohydrates that produce gas after fermentation by gut bacteria, […]
Following some festive indulging, our resident dietician, Adrian Penzhorn, serves up a cunning plan to get your pre-holiday body back. This article is a few months too late. It is always better going into a season, an event or a phase of your year with a plan instead of running […]
ADRIAN PENZHORN explains why sleeping is such an important part of your lifestyle! It can be argued that the pillars of health and performance are training, nutrition, sleep and recovery. Each possibly as important as each other. Sleep of less than six hours per night for four or more consecutive […]
IF, or intermittent fasting is a dietary approach which has received a lot of attention recently. Our regular dietician, ADRIAN PENZHORN explains. Intermittent fasting (IF) is one of the latest dietary approaches that has received quite a bit of attention over the last few years. IF is a way of […]
Our resident dietician ADRIAN PENZHORN sheds some light on what foods will help with your training during the approaching cold winter months. here is a chill in the air, darker mornings are upon us and training is getting just a little bit harder. The next few months might see a […]
Our regular nutrition-expert ADRIAN PENZHORN looks back at what fuel is needed to compete the gruelling eight day long Cape Epic. It’s all banked. Hours in the saddle, extra in the gym and hopefully some time in the kitchen too. All that is left is to peddle from here to […]
Our resident nutritionist sheds some light on what you might want to chow before a tough event The new year brings a number of key races to the doorstep. Training is banked but some nutrition questions come knocking too. Most of these revolve around what to do in the lead […]
