"I remember going through a pretty awful breakup and just mentally wasn't in a great place. Not knowing much about nutrition, I thought that I wanted to be a better athlete and I had this newfound sense of motivation. What ended up happening was developing this sense of putting a lot of pressure on myself. I just started doing Google searches like people do all the time. It was 'How to be a better athlete?' or 'How to be stronger?' or 'How to be leaner?' And what do you think the results are that came upas ? There are different fad diets, cutting out carbohydrates, only eat this or don't eat that or fruit. Gosh, I must have tried everything. I remember being so depleted at the end of some days. I thought, 'OK. This is just how it's supposed to be. They said this would happen. Just keep eating more protein or do things like that.' There was a point that I got to where I determined, 'This is not sustainable. My performance is now suffering. My mental health is suffering.' That's when I started learning actually and truly what nutrition means."

Erin Kenney is a registered dietitian out of Boston who specializes in gastrointestinal disorders, sports nutrition, medicinal cannabis use. The reason I wanted Erin on this podcast was because I thought that she would be super helpful in navigating many relevant topics about fueling by runners. A little bit over a year ago, I reached out to Erin to get some of her advice on how I should be approaching things as a professional athlete. 

She is also the author of 'Rewire Your Gut' and hosts her own Nutrition Rewired podcast.

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