by Amber Kindler | Jul 22, 2026 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
If you’ve worked with athletes for any length of time, you’ve probably heard questions like, “What’s the ideal body fat percentage athletes should have?” “Is my body fat too high to perform well?” “Should I lose weight to become faster?” These are all understandable...
by rmcconville | Jul 8, 2026 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
While menstrual dysfunction is certainly an important warning sign, it’s only one piece of a much larger physiological puzzle. REDs isn’t simply a reproductive hormone disorder. It’s a whole-body adaptation to prolonged low energy availability,...
by Amber Kindler | Jun 23, 2026 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
When athletes are struggling with REDs, it’s common for them to come to their provider saying, “But I’m just not hungry.” For many athletes, this feels like proof that they’re eating enough. They assume that if their body needed more food, it would tell them....
by Amber Kindler | Jun 10, 2026 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
One of the most common misconceptions in sports nutrition is that if an athlete’s weight hasn’t changed, they must be eating enough. At first glance, it seems logical. If you’re training hard, have weight stability, and are not experiencing dramatic changes on...
by Amber Kindler | May 27, 2026 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
For years, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) has been associated with a very specific image: the visibly thin athlete who appears obviously undernourished. But that stereotype is one of the biggest reasons REDs continues to go undiagnosed, because REDs does...
by rmcconville | Apr 29, 2026 | RED-S (Female Athlete Triad)
If you work with athletes, it’s rare for them to come to you saying, “I think I have low energy availability.” Usually, they come in with a host of symptoms, like they’re always bloated, can’t use the bathroom regularly, always feel full, or can’t tolerate food during...
