Stories by Monique Ryan

• Posted: Wed, Aug 29th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Feed your head
  Cyclists rightfully focus their dietary attention on consuming the properfoods in adequate amounts so that they can sustain energy during long trainingrides, and replenish muscle fuel stores and recover nutritionally duringthe season.  But you should also consider how your ...
• Posted: Wed, Aug 1st
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Good fats, bad fats and achieving balance
  Dear Monique,I just read your column about fish. I don’t eat fish for many reasons, some of which you mentioned in your article. I didn’t hear you mention flaxseed oil, which surprised me because I am told that it is a great alternative to fish, yet with a much lower or no ...
• Posted: Wed, Jun 20th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Nutrition planning for an important race
  With the race season now in full view, it is time to map out your nutrition strategy for important races (and the less important races for good practice). Whether you are planning on completing a long road race, criterium, cross-country mountain bike race, or track racing or ...
• Posted: Wed, Jun 6th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Sweat, salt and fish
  Dear Monique,In your April 25th column (More prepping for long rides), you mentionweighing before and after a ride. Is the weight differential entirely fluidor food in the stomach? Can you say a bit more about this differential?Should riders shoot for some change, no change, ...
• Posted: Wed, May 9th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Is CLA helpful and necessary?
  Dear Monique,I just finished reading large sections of your book, which I find fantasticand will highly recommend to friends. With regards to supplements, onethat I take, but did not see mentioned is conjugated linoleic acid (CLA).Any thoughts on whether this is needed in a ...
• Posted: Wed, Apr 25th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: More on prepping for long rides
  Dear Monique,I have read your interesting and informative article posted on VeloNews.com on 28th march 2007 about EatingRight for Those Long Rides. I have one question relating to the amount of carbohydrate you should consume per hour during your long ride if you have had a ...
• Posted: Wed, Apr 11th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: The all-too-common cramping calves
  Dear Monique,I suffer from leg cramps on longer rides, and even short ones early in the season. I always take a sports drink, usually mixed much stronger than recommended in case it’s due to salt depletion. I would be classified as a heavy salt sweater. I get white lines of ...
• Posted: Wed, Mar 28th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Eating right for those long rides
  With the arrival of spring and warmer weather for many North American cyclists, longer weekend rides are an enhanced and improved part of the training plan. While you may be wisely planning on carrying plenty of sports drinks and gels for the ride itself, what you eat in the ...
• Posted: Wed, Mar 14th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Food on the fly
  Many pros traveled to warmer environs early this in 2007 for early seasonteam training camps and plenty of quality miles on the open road. You mayalso have your own travel plans sometime over the next few weeks, in orderto train and get a jumpstart on your own race preparation. ...
• Posted: Wed, Feb 21st
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Are you getting enough iron?
  Cyclists in many parts of the country are ready to leave behind long rideson the trainer and eagerly await warmer weather and putting in some qualityroad miles. As you continue to train and prepare for the 2007 season, don’tignore a small, but essential component of your ...
• Posted: Wed, Feb 7th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Rapid weight loss and your immune system
  Dear Monique:I have read your column in VeloNews for a while and have bothenjoyed and appreciated the knowledge. I have a questions about weightloss and it’s effect on the immune system.For the past few years I have been competing in the sport of triathlon.This year I decided ...
• Posted: Wed, Jan 24th
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Smart scales and oatmeal
  Hi Monique,In your column about weight loss and body composition monitoring, you mentioned that scales that compute body fat should use a formula appropriate to athletes. Can you comment further ...