Organic Nutrition Debate, Food Labels, Cyclist Recipe Suggestions, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 470
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 18 April 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
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// TOPICS COVERED
(0:00) Welcome!
(0:35) Should athletes eat organic, and how can you do it affordably?
(21:31) Tips on washing vegetables
(22:55) Alex’s tips on how to interpret a food label
(35:43) Meal suggestions for athletes
(56:30) Postpartum nutrition changes
(01:07:05) Who should and should not eat high carbohydrate diets?
// ALEX’S RECIPES/INGREDIENT LISTS
- Greek yogurt with oats and fruit. (overnight oats)
- Oatmeal made with a high protein milk
- Egg muffins made with veggies, eggs, and meat. Cook in muffin tin. Large batch and freeze.
- Smoked salmon sandwich w/fruit
- Rotisserie chicken with quinoa and greens (bagged salad kits work great!)
- Air fry Pita bread with favorite pizza sauce and lean meats and veggies for toppings. Side of greek yogurt for extra boost of protein, if needed.
- Paprika Chicken Stew served with rice or potatoes: https://www.skinnytaste.com/paprika-chicken-stew/
- DIY Chipotle bowl with rice, black beans, lean meat, bell peppers, corn, salsa, shredded cheese
- Sheet pan meals: Roast chicken breast or pork loin chops on a sheet pan in the oven. Baked potato or sweet potato stabbed with fork in microwave for a few minutes.
// RESOURCES MENTIONED
- Alex Larson Nutrition: https://alexlarsonnutrition.com/
- Alex’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexlarsonnutrition/?hl=en
- “Are organics more nutritious than conventional foods? A comprehensive systematic review”, Oliveira Faoro, et al., 2024: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10987935/#
- “Limitations in the evidential basis supporting health benefits from a decreased exposure to pesticides through organic food consumption”, Mesnage et al., 2020: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468202019300919
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the Ask A Cycling Coach |
| 0:03.7 | podcast presented by trainer Road. Today we're going to talk about organic foods |
| 0:06.5 | in the huge debate if whether us athletes should be eating organic foods and doing it. |
| 0:11.3 | We're also going to talk about food labels, meal suggestions and we're talking about those topics because we have Alex Larson from Alex Larson nutrition with us. |
| 0:18.0 | Good to have you back on Alex, how are you? |
| 0:19.0 | I'm doing well. Thanks for having me back. |
| 0:22.0 | Yeah, we've got a few questions that were earmarked for you too. |
| 0:25.0 | They're great ones. |
| 0:26.0 | But if you're watching this right now, give it a thumbs up on YouTube. |
| 0:29.0 | Let's get right into the first question. |
| 0:30.0 | It comes from Freya. |
| 0:31.0 | Freya says, hi coaches looking at costs, it's almost a 20% |
| 0:36.7 | increase in my grocery bill when I buy organic fruits, vegetables, eggs, and |
| 0:40.9 | meat. For our household of two adults and three young kids, that adds up to almost $160 per month. |
| 0:48.0 | With all the debate around the benefits of organic food, mostly seems like Mr. |
| 0:51.5 | And then, this is in parentheses from Freya, says, mostly seems like mis- and then this is in parentheses from Freya says mostly seems like |
| 0:54.8 | misinterpretation of research or bad research am I correct what portion of an |
| 0:59.3 | athletes diet should be organic and what do you have in or and do you have any ingredients to |
| 1:04.4 | prioritize and others to deprioritize in order to save some of that money. |
| 1:09.2 | That's a good it's a good chunk 160 bucks a month be like a really expensive |
| 1:14.8 | subscription almost a year of trainer road I know right it's crazy |
| 1:19.5 | $189 a year for trainer road and you could boom get that in darn near just one month or organic stuff |
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