Cycling, and sport in general, has come a long way from cigarettes and steaks as the go-to nutrition. But while the fancy packaging, bling marketing and immense dollar figures going into R&D, we still come back to the basics.

Sam Shepherd is Head of Sports Science at Precision Fuel & Hydration and a really good guy as well. Sam breaks down why sports nutrition has evolved so much and where the demands are coming from - athletes, stakeholders, and the general public. We also get some insight into where the next possible nutritional trends may be and why carbohydrate intake will never be possible to reach much farther than where we are at now.

Did you know baby food is actually a really good nutritional item to have for sports?! We also get to learn how much oral and gut health needs to play a role in consuming large amounts of sports nutrition.

I should also mention, this is not an advertisement, nor is it commissioned work. Nothing has traded hands except knowledge and a really fun conversation. Precision Fuel & Hydration are one of the leaders in sports nutrition and Sam is just a genuinely good person.

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