- Now the nutrition is a massive topic within
triathlon and endurance sports,
so if you've ever wondered what the pro's eat
or maybe don't eat,
it clearly works for them whatever they do,
so we've been out to ask them just that
and whether they take any vitamins, minerals or supplements.
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- I don't like baked bean, I bloody hate them.
- Like everybody, ah yeah.
- But that's the only thing, I really love everything
that I can put in my mouth. (laughs)
That sounds so bad.
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- Is there anything that you don't eat,
are you vegetarian or anything like that?
- No I don't like baked beans, I bloody hate them,
but apart from that, I eat almost anything.
And you know sensible balanced diet,
off season more dirtiness,
in season more clean healthy living.
- I don't, just for, I don't really like them,
I don't eat nuts, and dairy, I don't have dairy
just because, well I don't not have it,
but I try to have a very little amount
just because I think it makes me a bit phlegmy.
- No, I'll eat pretty much anything,
like I'm not a very fussy eater.
I just like you know, healthy, well balanced food,
but you know, I'll have like cakes and stuff
with supper, you know a cafe on the bike
and stuff like that, I'm definitely not a fussy eater.
- I'm following a low carb, high fat approach,
in my nutrition, so I'm restricting
the carbohydrate intake
and I'm having lots of avocados, lots of Swiss cheese
and unfortunately not that many pizzas,
but I'm gonna make up for these in holidays.
- No, I'm pretty easy, I love eat everything.
I don't eat sushi in the race week, that's the only thing,
no raw fish or meat, but that's the only thing,
I really love everything that I can put in my mouth.
(laughs) That sounds so bad, but again.
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- No, I eat everything I can eat, but the best food
I can choose, but I'm not vegetarian,
it's the opposite, I like so much meat,
you know I need to eat meat to feel much stronger
and I love acai,
so I think everybody. - Ah!
- (laughs) Yeah, yeah.
- Love acai.
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Love acai.
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- Yeah, very interesting is that I just eat
kind of everything, but I think, well in the times now
you feel like really an outsider if you're not
on paleo or not on keto or whatever,
so I just eat what I like and I think it's always a question
of, you know, how much and too much
of everything is too much and I just try to have
a good balance and listen to my body, and yeah,
and that's how I feel the best.
- (laughs) I eat pretty much anything to be honest,
like I'll eat a very mixed, balanced healthy diet throughout
the year but if I want a treat I'm not gonna say no.
I'll have my Haribo and my chocolate,
I'm not gonna knock it, so yeah you burn so many calories
you've gotta just make sure you're getting in all in.
- [Interviewer] And do you take any supplements?
Any like minerals or vitamins or anything like just daily?
- Yeah so I take iron and calcium.
I think iron, obviously as a woman athlete,
you need your iron, so I've found a big benefit
from using that, and then I've had bone injuries before,
so I definitely use the calcium to help with that.
- [Interviewer] And have you ever had blood tests
to see how much, like, you need
or like where you're at with that or?
- Yeah, I mean my iron levels used to be really low
as well as my calcium, so they're kind of the two
I picked up on and I can really see that
that's improved from taking them, so.
- [Interviewer] Oh.
- Yeah, but definitely get the blood test first
before you just start taking supplements.
- Yeah I take, um, so, I time it kind of, um,
with big blocks of training.
I'll have ferrous sulphate, um,
- So iron. - Yeah, iron, sorry, yup iron.
- To the layperson, yeah.
- Just so that, um, because I don't eat a massive amount
of red meat, um, and vitamin C if I'm travelling a lot.
Other than that, I'm pretty, trying to get everything
from food. - Yeah.
And do you take any supplements, any vitamins, minerals,
anything extra to supplement your diet?
- Um, from time to time, as I got a little older,
I like to have some magnesium before bed time.
That really relaxes my muscles,
and I really feel a difference.
And I also work with some protein powders
and carbs of course after the training for recovery.
But I tend to just eat very natural foods,
and that helps me quite a bit.
- No, I've tried taking supplements before
and I've actually felt a lot worse
when I've taken them, like particularly when I've been
to altitude I've taken the iron tablets and stuff
and it's just made me feel horrendous so,
don't really take anything, like, any supplements at all.
Like, you know, like just fruit and veg, plenty of water.
- I have a diet plan made by my nutritionist.
So I work with her, like, five years.
She's very good one.
She do, like, some special for me that I need like,
if I need some vitamin more than another one.
'Cause Brazil, we sweat so much as here so,
we need to be, care so much about the minerals
and all these things, you know, so this is very important.
- It depends on the, when I have heavier load
or like altitudes can,
of course you go for the iodine and maybe a few vitamins.
And probiotic is one of the most important ones for me
and I think in general.
And other supplements, not that many, no.
- Yeah, I take First Endurance multivitamin
and um, the um
HP Optygen,
which it just helps with your immune system
and going really, really fast.
And then before the race I take a pre-race capsule
and I also take Omega-3 fish oil capsules everyday as well.
I do a lot of vitamins, because we have to
when we train as much as we do.
Right now I have a cold sore
because of the heat here and the sun.
So, I take a bit of extra C vitamin,
but I also take normal stuff
like magnesium, zinc, multivitamin and iron.
- Okay.
- You know just to make sure
that everything is functioning normal.
- Yeah.
- And it's also again in periods
when I was in Boulder and altitude,
you know I needed more iron and B vitamin
and stuff like that.
So, I'm really aware of how much I'm training
and where I'm training.
- Well that is a huge variety of nutritional methods
by the pros there and hopefully
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