EP 579: Keep Your Gut and Brain Happy

07/08/22 • 65 min

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What are the biggest misconceptions that endurance athletes have about nutrition? Dr. Patrick Davitt, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Program Director for Exercise Physiology at the Saint Joseph's University, joins us The Nation to help us understand some important information about nutrition as it relates to endurane sports. Patrick has practical experience as an avid and accomplished member of our community of trail runners! Should we taper our nutrition prior to a race? Can we train our gut similar to our cardiovascular system?

Find out more about Dr. Davitt at CTW Endurance

Find out more about Dr. Davitt at CTW Endurance

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Check out this past episode about Matthew Walker's book, "Why We Sleep"

Take a look at a couple of Alexey's articles on sleep:

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You can learn more about Alexey at Guzey.com, follow him on twitter or learn more about New Science

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