Monique Ryan delivers targeted nutrition programs designed to bring individuals to a higher level of health, well-being, and performance.
For over thirty years Monique has guided her clients in translating and applying the science of evidence based nutrition principles through the creation of personalized food and supplement plans specific to their health and performance goals. She has also impacted the health and performance of Americans through her magazine articles and books, presentations, and corporate wellness programs.
While Monique regularly works with athletes competing at all levels and in any sport, she has extensive experience working with top-level athletes and has been a leading sports dietitian at the forefront of cutting edge sports nutrition practices for over three decades. Monique’s other areas of expertise are highly specialized, yet diverse, ranging from food sensitivities to risk factor management to gastrointestinal disorders to women’s health to eating disorders.
She is the author of Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, and three other sports nutrition books. Her articles have appeared in print and online, for a number of publications including Ironman.com, VeloNews, Inside Triathlon, Outside, Runner’s World, Oxygen, Men’s Journal, Her Sports, Women’s Sports and Fitness, eatright.org, and kidseatright.org. Monique is frequently quoted in print and has appeared on CLTV, Fox TV, and WGN, ABC, and CBS news.
Exercise-induced gastrointestinal syndrome About 30 to 50% of endurance and up to 90% of ultra-endurance athletes experience some gastrointestinal distress during events such as a marathon, Ironman, or any long distance event that requires several hours of fuel and fluid replacement. One reason is that during hard exercise blood is moved away from our gut Continue Reading »
Vitamin D – An underlying condition and a public health failure By Monique Ryan, MS, RDN, LDN The Covid-19 virus has made us all consider the strength of our own immune system. Clearly protecting the elderly and those with weakened immune systems is essential. But for those of us who remain healthy and have Continue Reading »