059: Louise Burke on keeping nutrition practical

The next few special episodes of the podcast will break away from the normal regularity as we capture, produce and air some relevant content to the COVID-19 crisis. In this episode I talk to Professor Louise Burke, Chief of Nutrition Strategy at The Australian Institute of Sport, where she has led the nutrition support work for Australia since 1990. Louise is certainly one of the world’s leading dieticians, has been there and done it but uniquely has outstanding achievements in applied sport and research. I caught up with Louise to ask her about some of the big things people can be doing to ensure a healthy diet to support immune function and support training during the COVID-19 crisis and what people can do when their normal food choices aren’t necessarily available in the supermarkets anymore. I also take a brief opportunity to ask Louise about her key experiences and lessons learnt from an illustrious career in support of elite performance at the Australian Institute of Sport. Show notes The new normal for a while - perhaps we can think about what is important and what isn’t…to recalibrate, during COVID-19 Team Australia, what are they up to now? Grateful for an extra year to prepare for Tokyo 2021 Why we eat what we eat? Disordered eating during this COVID-19 crisis The complexity of habits beliefs and behaviours around diet What can we do in these uncertain times to ensure we are nutritionally looking after ourselves Planning menus for a week being more resourceful with the ingredients we have This is a great time for exercise and ensuring nutrition supports health The change in the Australian Institute of Sport Supernova research camp Project Supernova lack of resources ensured that Louise needed to find a new way or working Having a good relationship with athletes and coaches Periodising carbohydrate Making the coaches and athletes part of the team   Links You can follow Louise on Twitter https://twitter.com/LouiseMBurke Supporting Champions on Twitter www.twitter.com/support_champs Steve Ingham on Twitter www.twitter.com/ingham_steve Supporting Champions on Linkedin, www.linkedin.com/company/supporting-champions Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supportingchampions/ A reminder if you’re keen to pre-register for the next wave of Graduate Membership enrolments then you can do so at https://supportingchampions.co.uk/membership/ If you’re looking for some coaching support or some virtual team development help to support you to get to the next level in work, life or sport then take a look at https://supportingchampions.co.uk/coaching-mentoring/ or drop us a note at [email protected] then you can sign up for a free consultation to explore which package is right for you.