SPORTS NUTRITION PLAN

If you are an athlete training for an event, practicing for a team sport, or simply increasing your current exercise routine at the gym, we can help optimize your nutrition so that you can meet all of your training and exercise goals and be as strong and fast as possible.

Performing to the best of your ability and being a strong athlete involves much more than training harder and drinking a protein shake. In fact, increasing training without the proper nutrition can result in lower energy availability that decreases your body’s ability to function e?ciently. As a result, you may notice chronic fatigue, inability to gain or build muscle, increased instance of injuries, increased and prolonged muscle soreness and training hard without improvement in athletic performance.

At Shape up  Clinic, we take much of the guessing out of nutritional treatment. Because each person is different Combining Body Composition Analysis with comprehensive blood work we can see what others, routinely overlook. these diagnostic tests enable us to  understand your unique body deficiencies and needs and create the most effective nutrition plan for you .

Why this test?

  • Tests important vitamins and minerals including vitamin B12 and vitamin D – which are the most common vitamin deficiencies.
  • Checks iron levels to ensure that you are getting enough iron in your diet and a deficiency isn’t contributing to any fatigue.
  • Includes a full cholesterol profile and inflammation markers which are useful in making decisions about diet and lifestyle within your training plans.

Sports nutrition  blood tests:

  • cbc (includes differential and platelets)
  • lipid panel
  • thyroid functions (TSH-fT3-fT4)
  • vitamin D
  • folate and Vitamin B12
  • Calcium total and ionized
  • Creatine Kinase (CPK)
  • Sodium and potassium levels
  • Iron profile
  • Cortisol (am-pm)
  • liver functions
  • kidney functions
  • HOMA insulin resistance
  • HBA1C
  • insulin like growth facor1 (IGF1)
  • testosterone, free and total
  • progesterone level
  • prolactin
  • fsh and lh
  • estradiol
  • C reactive protein and Homocysteine

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