Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) happens when athletes don’t eat enough to fuel their bodies. At the center of this syndrome is low energy availability: Essentially, if you’re not taking in enough food, your body will use up your calories on exercise, leaving you without enough left in the tank to support your day-to-day bodily functions—and leading to a cascade of health problems.
In this article, Rebecca McConville discusses how this condition can affect not just high level athletes but recreational ones as well.
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