GoPerform Podcast - Maddie & Alisa discuss living with coeliac disease | Episode 21

Maddie & Alisa discuss living with coeliac disease | Episode 21

07/06/24 • 29 min

Having both been diagnosed with coeliac disease in the past 12 months, Maddie and Alisa discuss how it's changed their lives. They share all they've learnt about the disease including:

Their story of diagnosis and advice on how to get tested
The shock of learning you are coeliac (only 36% of those with CD will be diagnosed).
Coeliac disease affects 1/100 people
Changing staple foods and finding good alternatives
Understanding the long term effects of the disease
The current lack of post diagnosis support medically
Being forced to change to a healthier, more natural diet

It's a really insightful listen for all of us and will definitely increase your understanding of coeliac disease.

Thanks for listening!
You can find us by searching GoPerform on social media.

Having both been diagnosed with coeliac disease in the past 12 months, Maddie and Alisa discuss how it's changed their lives. They share all they've learnt about the disease including:

Their story of diagnosis and advice on how to get tested
The shock of learning you are coeliac (only 36% of those with CD will be diagnosed).
Coeliac disease affects 1/100 people
Changing staple foods and finding good alternatives
Understanding the long term effects of the disease
The current lack of post diagnosis support medically
Being forced to change to a healthier, more natural diet

It's a really insightful listen for all of us and will definitely increase your understanding of coeliac disease.

Thanks for listening!
You can find us by searching GoPerform on social media.

Previous Episode

Reflections on a Placement Year | Shai and Maddie | Episode 20

Shai Bartenbach and Maddison Bennett have been with us on a year long placement from Solent University and University of Bath respectively. They have made huge progress and become much loved members of our team. In this conversation with Dan they discuss how the year has been so far and how they are developing as practitioners and people.

Thanks for listening!
You can find us by searching GoPerform on social media.

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Food and Nutrition 101 | Heidi Zymela-Sandy | Episode 22

In this episode sports therapist and nutrition coach Heidi Zymela-Sandy sat down with Tristan Baker to discuss everything we need to know about nutrition as we head into a New Year, the key themes they discussed were:

The principles of energy requirement
Setting goals in January - what to do and what to avoid
How best to fuel your exercise with food

This is a great episode for anyone wanting to make lifestyle changes, fuel their sport more effectively and for PE and Sport students who want the low down!
You can contact Heidi directly with any follow up questions by email:
[email protected]

Thanks for listening!
You can find us by searching GoPerform on social media.