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largest impact. Now join your healthy living host, Scott Baptee, for the Food for Fitness

podcast. Welcome to another episode of the Food for Fitness podcast brought to you by

Food for Fitness.co.uk. I'm your host, Scott Bapte and this week we are on episode number

64 and I'm joined by Professor Graham Close. Now Graham has an incredible CV. He has worked

with professional athletes in loads of different sports

from the England rugby team to Olympic skiers, famous jockeys,

and everything in between.

In this episode, we'll be looking at the key elements of eating for elite sporting for performance and Graham reveals or he gives a behind

the scenes look at what he does at many of the professional clubs and teams that he works with.

We'll be looking at how to create a solid pre-match nutrition plan, some of the nutrition tips to

beat nerves, why athletes should probably be more attention to what they eat before a match rather on match day, some of the nutrition tips to beat nerves. Why athletes should probably be more attention to what

they eat before a match rather on match day. Some of the top supplements he uses to improve performance

like caffeine and vitamin D, what he recommends at halftime. Why he hates cheap meals and some of the

top tips that he recommends to improve dietary compliance. So a plan is all very good and,

you know, it doesn't matter how optimal it is if we can't follow it. So Graham suggests some of the

tricks that he uses to get his players and athletes following the advice that he sets them.

And also what the future holds for sports nutrition. It's a really great episode if you'd like to see

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