When to use this
A runner keeps dealing with diarrhea or GI urgency in the hour before cross country races.
- Race-morning food is bigger, fattier, or higher fiber than what the athlete eats before hard practices.
- Nerves plus over-drinking are wrecking the warm-up on meet days.
- The pattern keeps repeating and the family needs to decide whether it is a food fix or a medical visit.
Evidence sources
These references support the handout’s general education. Individual medical, supplement, laboratory, or injury questions should be handled by the appropriate qualified clinician.
- de Oliveira EP, Burini RC, Jeukendrup AE.(2014) Gastrointestinal complaints during exercise: Prevalence, etiology, and nutritional recommendations.
- Burke LM, Jeukendrup AE, Jones AM, Mooses M.(2019) Contemporary nutrition strategies to optimize performance in distance runners and race walkers.
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