Functional Sports Nutrition

BANT South West Regional Branch presents a one-day event on Functional Sports Nutrition. Designed for practitioners who are interested in learning more about current research and functional testing to support highly active clients as well as athletes, and for practitioners' own sports activity and interest. Topics covered include the balance of macro nutrients in performance, ketogenic diets vs high carb approaches, adaption and stress in athletes, recovery and functional testing to support performance. CPD applied for and pending approval.

SPEAKERS

Dr Justin Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University
(Supported by BioCare)

@drjustinroberts

Justin is a Senior Lecturer and researcher at The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, part of Anglia Ruskin University. With over 20 years’ experience in sport and exercise physiology and nutrition, he has worked at various institutions including the British Olympic Medical Centre (London), Brunel University, Victoria University (Melbourne) and the University of Hertfordshire (where he was the BASES laboratory director).

Justin specialises in performance and functional nutrition with a central aim of exploring dietary and supplementation strategies to support performance, recovery and health-related adaptations to exercise. His current research interests involve the use of probiotic strategies to minimise gastro-intestinal endotoxemia in ultra-endurance athletes.

Emma Beswick, Founder of Lifecode Gx.

@LifecodeGx

David Thomas, Elete Electrolytes

@eletehydration

David is a former national sprint champion, and was a member of the first ever GB junior athletics team. After studying geology he changed direction and became a nutritionist and a chiropracter. He founded MRI (UK) Ltd to bring the unique sports product Elete Electrolytes to the UK and Europe.

Today he will be talking about dehydration and nutrient depletion in sports.

Agenda

09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 11:00 Dr Justin Roberts
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 13:00 Dr Justin Roberts
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:45 Emma Beswick, Lifecode Gx - Athlete genetic profiles
14:45 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 16:15 David Thomas, Elete Electrolytes - Hydration and nutrient depletion
16:15 - 16:30 Final Q&A and close

Please note: The event will be recorded and may include some video footage of attendees. If you do not consent to being captured on video please let the event organiser know by emailing southwest@bant.org.uk

Exhibitors