All Things Endurance Episode 46: Understanding Athlete Gut Health with Guest Dr. Ashley Shrader
In this episode of ‘All Things Endurance Podcast,’ host, Rick Prince chats with Dr. Ashley Shrader, founder and owner of RISE Functional Medicine. Dr. Shrader is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Institute of Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Dr. Shrader and Rick discuss various aspects of gut health including physiology, systemic influence on the body, high carbohydrate intake, strategies to positively impact gut health… and more!
If you’ve ever been interested in learning more about gut health, consider this a must listen!
Below are the specific areas that Rick and Dr. Shrader chat about during this episode:
1. Could you please tell our listeners a little bit more about yourself?
2. We often hear that gut health is important, but in my experience, it is still not often viewed as important as other areas of health. Why do you think that is? Is it a lack of information or something else?
3. Endurance athletics and gut issues seem to go hand in hand – especially for ultra distances. Could you elaborate more on why this is the case?
4. Often gut issues tend to be thought of solely with respect to GI issues, but it can impact a lot of other areas of performance as well such as recovery and fatigue. Could you discuss some of those areas?
5. As you work with a lot of endurance athletes, do you find that there are common root causes of gut issues amongst endurance athletes?
6. There is currently a super high carb trend in endurance athletics. What are your thoughts on this from both health and performance standpoints and regarding performance, how would an athlete train their gut to handle high carb intake?
7. What are some good general and practical strategies that endurance athletes can adopt to enhance their health and performance?
8. If an athlete is experiencing issues that they think might be related to their gut health, what step(s) should they take?
9. Could you please tell our listeners a little bit more about your business, RISE Functional Medicine?
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