SportMed Nutrition

"The amount, composition and timing of food intake can profoundly affect sports performance."
IOC Consensus Conference on Nutrition and Sports Performance

Overview

Many athletes and active people know that training their body and mind is critical for improving and succeeding in sport. They spend long hours in the gym, on the track, in the field and in the pool. Yet many do not pay close attention to their nutrition training program. Food and hydration are the fuels that enable your body to perform to its full potential and achieve your personal athletic goals. Proper nutrition increases energy levels, optimizes performance, improves immunity, body composition as well as concentration.

SportMed Nutrition is committed to providing comprehensive, evidence-based sport nutrition services. We believe in developing progressive and effective nutrition programs for athletes and active individuals.

SportMedBC is also playing a leadership role in the professional development of dietitians interested in sport nutrition. It provides sport nutrition placements for dietetic interns and supports a dietetic student sport nutrition network which has grown to include over 250 members across Canada. Interested in joining the network? Join the SportMed Community and request access to the Student Sport Nutrition Network.

Program History

Established in 2004, the SportMed Nutrition was the first of its kind to approach high performance nutrition in a holistic, athlete-focused manner under the direction of a Registered Dietitian. The most comprehensive elements of SportMed Nutrition are now delivered as part of SportMed Performance for performance athletes and teams.

It is also clear that there is a need for more information for active living people and for more professional attention to sport nutrition as an area of specialization. SportMed Nutrition itself has expanded to cater to people of all levels of physical activity, ranging from those inspired by Recreation and Fitness to those driven by Performance.

In recent years, SportMedBC has developed provincial, national and international partnerships and collaborations in the area of sport nutrition with organizations such as the College of Dietitians of British Columbia, the Dietitians of Canada’s Sport Nutrition Network, the BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, the University of Calgary and industry leaders such as Refreshments Canada. It is also represented in the development of the inaugural International Olympic Committee (IOC) course in Sport Nutrition.

Our Clients

More than 800 athletes from over 25 different sports across Canada have worked with SportMed Nutrition. Some of our clients include:

• National Women’s Soccer Team
• National Women’s Softball Team
• Canadian Alpine Disabled Ski Team
• Vancouver Whitecaps FC Soccer Club
• Sony Erickson Women’s Professional Tennis Tour
• Team BC (Canada Winter and Summer Games)
• Canadian Snowboarding Federation
• Canadian Senior Women’s Squash
• BC Figure Skating
• Football BC
• National Sailing Team
• British Columbia Golf Association