Dr Alannah McKay is a post-doctoral fellow and researcher in the field of iron metabolism, immune system health and also diet manipulation. Bevan and Mikki discuss Dr McKay’s work in sports nutrition and the impact of low carb availability on iron metabolism. Plus we share excerpts from Mikki’s full interview with Dr McKay on Mikkipedia.

Dr Philip Hurst is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Life Sciences at the University of Canterbury. Bevan and Tim discuss Dr Hurst’s work into the placebo and nocebo effect on sports performance.

(0:04:25) – Competition for 12 months free access to HEXIS

(0:04:43) – The IRONMAN Oceania season pass is back and this year they’ve added races in Asia too!

(0:06:01) - INFINIT Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/   

(0:06.53) – Bevan and Mikki discuss Dr Alannah McKay’s work in sports nutrition and the impact of low carb availability on iron metabolism.

(0:09:49) – Excerpts from Mikki’s interview with Alana McKay

(0:28:06) – Bevan and Tim discuss Dr Philip Hurst’s work into the placebo and nocebo effect on sports performance.

(0:36:09) – Excerpts from our upcoming full interview with Dr Philip Hurst out tomorrow.

LINKS:

Hexis at https://www.hexis.live/  

More about the IRONMAN Oceania Season Pass at https://www.ironman.com/season-pass-oceania-asia  

Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/   

Follow Dr Alannah McKay on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MckayAlannah

Listen to Mikki’s full interview with Dr Alannah McKay at https://podcast.mikkiwilliden.com/152

Dr Philip Hurst’s review “The Placebo and Nocebo effect on sports performance: A systematic review” at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31414966/

Follow Dr Philip Hurst on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Phil_Hurst1