Women Unscripted

On this final episode of 2020 Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers another nutrient highlight: Vitamin C. This topic is a hefty one as Vitamin C is one of the most common supplemented vitamins of them all. You’ve likely heard of its benefit on the immune system, and it’s a powerful antioxidant. Dr K discusses the ins and outs of Vitamin C for our health, but there’s also...

Ella and Georgina’s guest this week is Australian netball player Sarah Wall who began her professional playing career in 2005 for the Melbourne Vixens and has since played for the Queensland Firebirds, NSW Swifts and Sydney Giants. Sarah is also the founder and CEO of NETFIT, which develops netball training programs for grassroots players across the world. We hear about Sarah's unrivaled passion f...

On this week’s episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Vitamin A; it’s essential that’s for sure, but should athletes really be supplementing with a bunch of antioxidants? We’ve been hounded to support our immune systems and athletes are known to take sports supplements, which can be fortified with antioxidants, especially...

On this week’s episode Ella and Georgina talk to Australian soccer player Emily Gielnik, who has just finished a season playing for Vittsjo in the Swedish Women’s League.  Emily played in the W-League since 2009 when she made her debut for Brisbane Roar, a club she will be returning to for the 2020/21 Australian W-League season.  Emily has been a member of the Matildas squad since 2016 and played...

On this week’s episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, may not be an essential vitamin directly related to sports, but it is necessary for many processes in the body. If you have migraines, chronic headaches, or if you are curious to learn more about how important your digestive tract...

This week’s guest is Tiffany Melius, a competitive Australian rock climber currently based in North Vancouver, Canada. Having climbed for more than 20 years, Tiffany has clocked up over 10,000 hours climbing and competed in no less than 100 competitions. In 2016, she became the Australian Women’s Bouldering Champion and in 2017 claimed the title of Oceania Continental Climbing Champion. At the Tok...

On this week's episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Iron. Unfortunately, many athletes discover how essential iron is the difficult way. Iron deficiency and the subsequent iron deficiency anemia can create a lot of havoc for an athlete. Women are far more susceptible because of menstruation, but men can still get this t...

Danielle Warby is a loud advocate for women in sport who has been working to promote women’s sport since 2006. Dan has been editor, social strategist and content creator for numerous websites for women’s sport, including The Womens’ Game, Sport For Women Australia, Women Onside, Zela (SBS’s short-lived website devoted to women in sport), and most recently, Siren Sport. Dan is a former board direct...

On this new episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is essential for a healthy nervous system, immune system and it’s also extremely important when it comes to utilizing proteins, carbohydrates and fats. That’s pretty important. In this episode we talk about some of the most common symptoms or condit...

On this week's episode we welcome Melissa King to the show. In August, Melissa was appointed the CEO of the Local Organizing Committee for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, which will be held in Sydney in 2022. Before taking up this role, she was the first female CEO of Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). Prior to that Melissa worked on the corporate side of the Sydney Opera House and for the...

On this episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, discusses the importance of magnesium for our next nutrient highlight. Magnesium is a mineral that is absolutely essential. However, magnesium deficiency is very common amongst Americans and it's also a common deficiency amongst athletes. In this episode you'll learn why athletes are at a higher risk of deficie...

This week’s guest is Chyloe Kurdas who is a passionate advocate for equality and women in sport, and was one of the forces behind the development of Australia’s national women’s professional AFL league, the AFLW. She worked as Victoria’s female football development manager and then as the director of the AFL’s National Female Academy. Before that, Shyloe played for Melbourne University as an elite...

On this episode Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Vitamin B12. You may have seen it named as cobalamin or methyl-cobalamin. Vitamin B12 is essential for a healthy nervous system, immune system and it’s used by almost every cell and tissue in the body. In this episode we talk about some of the most common symptoms or conditions associated wi...

On this week’s episode Ella and Georgina chat with Gen Simmons who is currently the deputy chair of Women Sport Australia. She is also the current General Manager of Gymnastics Victoria, and has formerly worked for Netball Australia, Racing Victoria, and Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union. Gen shares her experience as a woman on the corporate side of sport, and how her career path has led her into sport...

On this episode, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers a specific nutrient Vitamin B9. You may have seen it named as folate, folic acid and other forms like methyl-tetrahydrofolate. In this episode we talk about some of the most common symptoms or conditions associated with Vitamin B9 like depression, anxiety and fatigue… and to also give a nod to the new Mums the Word pod...

Belle Brockhoff, Australia’s best female snowboard cross athlete, is a two-time Olympian and twelve-time World Cup medalist which includes four gold medals.  In 2020, she won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Snow Australia Awards for her amazing comeback over the 2019-2020 season following a long ACL recovery.  An advocate for mental health, Belle is a Community Custodian for Lifeline Aust...

On this new episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, discusses the in's and out's of fueling your workouts and competition days. Did you know the carbohydrates you eat turn into glycogen that your body will store in your muscles and liver? That energy you store in your body is largely built up over time throughout your training season. And that's a good thing...

Sandy Brondello Is the Australian Women’s Basketball Coach and the current coach of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA in Florida. Sandy played 302 games for her country, which remains the third highest total in Opals history. During her 17 years of playing with the Opals she competed at four world championship tournaments and four Olympic Games, medalling at three of them. She played ten seasons for...

On this episode, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen discusses the most frequently asked question she gets: "What do I need to do to recover better". Recovery products are available and endless, which tends to make recovery seem a bit more complicated than it actually needs to be. Not to mention, a lot of advice on recovery has been based on research predominantly performed on...

Rachael Lynch has been playing goalkeeper for the Hockeyroos since her debut in 2006. She’s a dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist, World Cup silver medallist, a five-time Oceania Cup medallist, and competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2019, she became the most-capped goalkeeper to ever play for the Hockeyroos, having played 223 games for Australia. She’s been nominated for the International Ho...

On this episode, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen discusses how hormone balance is vital for a healthy functioning body. Most women, however, fight their hormones. The medical system and traditional sports nutrition and research has taught women to want to avoid working out and competing around the time of their periods. The thing is – you can work with your hormones versus...

Kathy Harvey will be turning 74 this fall and she’s as enthusiastic about playing soccer as she was when she took it up at age 50. She now plays as part of an over-70 team in San Diego’s Prime of Life League and while the Covid Pandemic is interrupting tournaments Kathy is staying fit. She has recent taken up Pickle Ball to add to biking, kayaking, running, cycling and wind surfing when she’s not...

Kaitlin is joined by Ashley Twichell, one of the first Americans in any sport to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games, as she earned her spot on the US open-water team in 2019. There is a good chance she will be Team USA's oldest rookie Olympic swimmer since 1908 as she heads to her first games next summer. A graduate from Duke University where she was an All-American and All ACC-Champ, multiple tea...

Monique Murphy is an Australian Paralympic swimmer whose achievements include winning silver in the women’s 400m event at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, being ranked world no.1 in 400m freestyle and world no.5 in butterfly in the s10 classification in 2017, competing in 2 world championships and 4 Australian short course championships and is a team leader of the Australian Para Dolphins. Monique was di...

On episode 2 of this new season of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen, discusses how the health of your GI tract and microbiome can protect against nutrient deficiencies, which we discussed last week, and how the gut can have an impact on our fueling and performance.   Kirstin offers some compelling research and a different perspective on nutrition for athletes. S...