Sports Nutrition 236 with The Sock Doc: Food and Supplements to Ease Anxiety, Pros and Cons of Ketosis, and Chronically High Blood Sugar

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On this episode of Sports Nutrition 236, we have a special guest host, Dr. Steve Gangemi aka The Sock Doc. In addition to his chiropractic practice, Steve is a board-certified sports nutritionist and joins the show to tackle your questions...

In This Show:

• How to help athletes with excess anxiety and unnecessary stress, mentally speaking, especially females?
  • Are there supplements, certain macro ratios or specific foods would we advise for athletes dealing with anxiety, worry and high stress?
  • Should one avoid IF and sugar? How to find the proper nutrition for one’s cognitive needs?
  • Should one get tested to measure for deficiencies and imbalances, which is best to do first: urine organic acids, blood or hormone?
  • GABA and nourishing your neurotransmitters.
• Steve shares his balanced approached to diet and nutrition.
• Pros and cons of nutritional ketosis, and understanding the risks of taking it too far.
• Trouble in keto land: Ironman athlete wants to know if going from low-carb/loosely Paleo to fully ketogenic was too much for the body and the cause of his performance decline.
  • Other potential negative impacts from going full keto: an increase in resting HR, drop in HRV, drop in power, slower MAF pace, and increase in racing HR.
• The concept of carb cycling for best results
• Adopting MAF after year of dealing with an injury and also learning to wean off carb dependence.
• When diet, fasted workouts and low carb can go too far, especially for females.
• Achieving healthy body composition and understanding the red flags if your body is getting too lean.
• Could you have signs of an eating disorder and not realize it?
• Abnormally high blood glucose reading despite a lower carb diet, healthy lifestyle and regular exercise?
• What should you do if glucose levels commonly are 105-120 up to 140s upon waking. Could this be a sign of a more serious issue that requires investigation?