Not Your Typical Doctors - I Should Be Sponsored by Quaker Oats: Performance Nutrition with Samantha Leyh MS, RD, CSSD, AF Special Warfare and Pilot Performance Dietician.

I Should Be Sponsored by Quaker Oats: Performance Nutrition with Samantha Leyh MS, RD, CSSD, AF Special Warfare and Pilot Performance Dietician.

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06/06/22 • 54 min

I Should Be Sponsored by Quaker Oats: Performance Nutrition with Samantha Leyh MS, RD, CSSD, AF Special Warfare and Pilot Performance Dietician.
Join Doc's Sarah & Alyse for a laid-back conversation about performance nutrition for recovery! We have a great conversation about the importance of fueling per performance, why you HAVE TO have carbs as a tactical and/or high-performance athlete, and how surprisingly the majority of this population is under eating! We get a little nerdy on how under fueling puts stress on the physiology of the body, the effects nutrition has on heart rate variability and how nutrition plays a role in injury prevention! This episode is full of tips and expert info!!
Samantha Leyh is the performance dietitian at Davis Monthan Air Force Base where she predominantly works with the bases special warfare (guardian angel) and A10 pilot population. Sam has a background in nutrition and physiology research including during graduate school at Florida State University, a quick trip to the Australian Institute of Sport, and most recently before moving to Tucson, within Air Force Research Lab at the STRONG Lab. Back in the day, Sam was a Division I athlete and captain of the women's soccer team at the University of Rhode Island. These days, she considers herself an outdoor adventure enthusiast and spends her time mountain biking, as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters and enjoying the incredible food scene of the local Tucson community.

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