April 20, 2020
#136 - "Energy Availability: From Health to Performance" with Jose Areta PhD

Episode 136 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Energy Availability: From Health to Performance" with Jose Areta PhD, Liverpool John Moores University, UK).
Discussion Topics Include:
- Energy Availability (EA): an overview
- Energy Balance, Energy Deficit, and Energy Availability
- EA and impact on training adaptions incl down-regulation of skeletal muscle protein synthesis and autophagy
- EA and impact on health (incl menstrual function and bone metabolism)
- Case study of an athlete in chronic low energy availability
- Training with low carbohydrate availability AND low energy availability
Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:
- Skeletal muscle glycogen content at rest and during endurance exercise in humans: a meta-analysis
- Effects of sleeping with reduced carbohydrate availability on acute training responses
- Case study: Resumption of eumenorrhea in parallel with high training load after 4 years of menstrual dysfunction: a 5-year follow-up of an elite female cyclist
- Modulation of autophagy signaling with resistance exercise and protein ingestion following short-term energy deficit
Related Podcast Episodes:
- #132 - "Nutrition and Athlete Bone Health" with Prof Craig Sale and Dr Kirsty Elliot-Sale
- #121 - "Protein and Endurance Athletes" with Dan Moore PhD
- #119 - "Fuel for the Work Required" with Mark Hearris PhD(c)
- #106 - "The Female Athlete" with Dr Kirsty Elliot-Sale
- #51 - 'Carbohydrate Availability & Training Adaptation' with Professor John Hawley
- #17 - 'Carbohydrates' with James Morton PhD
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