by rmcconville | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
When most people think of high cholesterol, they picture someone who eats too much fast food and doesn’t exercise enough. But what if you’re an athlete, training hard, eating “clean” (maybe even restricting), and your labs still come back showing high cholesterol? The...
by rmcconville | Sep 3, 2025 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
Awareness of REDS (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) has grown in recent years, but the conversation is still too often limited to the correlation between underfueling and irregular or absent menstrual cycles in female athletes. While missing a period can be an...
by rmcconville | Aug 19, 2025 | Disordered Eating, RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
When it comes to differentiating between REDS in athletes and eating disorders in athletes, I often hear this: “Do I really need to screen a REDS athlete for an eating disorder if the symptoms are the same?” The short answer: Yes. Absolutely. I stand firmly in my...
by rmcconville | Aug 5, 2025 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
Although the diagnosis of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) is relatively new (it was first coined by the International Olympic Committee in 2014), we are not new to understanding how to treat the symptoms that make up REDs. In fact, the medical field has...
by rmcconville | Jul 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
For far too long, conversations around the menstrual cycle and athletic performance have focused only on the challenges, such as fatigue, cramps, and inconvenience. But there’s another side to the story. The menstrual cycle can actually be a powerful indicator of...
