I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast · SandyBoy Productions

Episode 657: The Wellness One – Meghann Featherstun; Wellness Trends & Post-Marathon Recovery

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She worries GLP-1 use could speed muscle loss and lead to earlier osteoporosis in women.

1. I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein focuses on a wellness-series conversation with Meghann Featherstun about TRE nutrition trends and post-marathon recovery. 2. Lindsey Hein hosts the show, and Meghann Featherstun is a sports dietitian, runner with a 2:49:55 PR, co-host of Fuel for the Soul, and part of the Believe in the Run team. 3. The episode asks what runners should actually use, eat, and ignore when nutrition products, nicotine pouches, and GLP-1 talk are everywhere. 4. Featherstun says TRE had over 50 nutrition vendors and that the biggest changes were not flashy inventions but higher-carb, higher-sodium, and higher-caffeine products. 5. She links that trend to a research study comparing 60, 90, and 120 grams of carbohydrates per hour and says more carbohydrate tolerance usually supports better performance. 6. Featherstun points to gels made with 30 or 40 grams of carbs so runners can more easily hit 30, 60, or 90 grams per hour. 7. She says sodium needs are highly individual because some runners sweat very little while others are heavy or salty sweaters. 8. She notes that brands once light on sodium now offer higher-sodium gels, which makes it easier to match products to different sweat profiles. 9. Featherstun says caffeine is showing up more often because roughly 95% of endurance athletes benefit from it for perceived effort and pain. 10. She says caffeine is difficult to mask because it is bitter, and she uses Noogs Energy Chews as an example of a product that covers 100 milligrams well. 11. She describes her own marathon fueling progression, including reaching 72 grams of carbs per hour for Berlin after gradually moving from 50 to 60 to 70. 12. She says she took less fuel at New York because she was not racing as hard, which changed how much carbohydrate her body needed. 13. Featherstun says hard intervals and over-the-skis efforts are poor times to take fuel because the stomach empties less well when intensity rises. 14. She recommends long runs, especially those with marathon-pace segments, as the best place to practice taking gels while moving. 15. The conversation shifts to nicotine pouches, and Featherstun says she first thought of cigarettes before learning about flavored pouches at gas stations. 16. She says nicotine can increase dopamine and alertness and reduce appetite, but she stresses that it is still addictive and can affect oral health. 17. Featherstun then turns to GLP-1s, explaining that she once helped patients use them alongside lifestyle changes in a population-health role. 18. She says the medications can help people who truly need them, but she worries about vanity use, under-fueling, muscle loss, and premature osteoporosis in women. 19. The episode sounds like an evidence-based, conversational interview with Lindsey Hein asking practical follow-ups and Featherstun answering in detailed, coaching-oriented language. 20. Runners, endurance athletes, and parents talking with teens about food and body image will get the most from it; people wanting a quick celebrity-health roundup may skip it.

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