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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