Sport Performance Speaker Series: Nutrition: Travel Nutrition – Optimizing Nutrition In-transit and at Your Destination

Overview:

In this session, we will:

• Discuss the challenges of travel, especially when crossing multiple time zones
• What to know about your destination before you travel to ensure you’ll be prepared
• Practical ideas and examples for how to optimize nutrition while travelling including:
  • Maintaining energy and hydration
  • Keep from over or undereating
  • Prevent muscle loss (esp. overseas travel)
  • Help re-set your body clock when crossing time zones (dealing with jet-lag)
  • How to minimize illness by supporting your immune system
• Group exercise – go through examples of travel scenarios