Dr. Trent Stellingwerf is a Senior Research Scientist in Performance Nutrition at the Nestle Research Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in human biology and nutritional sciences from the University of Guelph and a post-doctorate fellowship from Maastricht University in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He currently has 15 research papers published in the area of high performance nutrition and has written numerous articles for various running magazines. As well he acts as a consultant for numerous high performance athletes globally, including his wife, Hilary Stellingwerf, a Canadian national team endurance athlete.

In this comprehensive two-part interview Dr. Stellingwerf discusses basic nutritional strategies for athletes at all levels as well as supplementation, ergogenic aids and recovery issues relating to sports performance. Part 1 focuses primarily on basic nutritional concepts for all athletes and part 2 on nutrition for the high performance athlete. For athletes and coaches with nutritional concerns or those simply looking for basic nutritional information, this interview is a must.

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