Today on the show is Kate Smyth. Kate developed her passion for natural medicine during her career as an elite endurance athlete competing in the women’s marathon for Australia at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games and becoming one of the all-time fastest women in Australia with a personal best time of two hours 28 minutes. Her journey was not without challenges and she required the assistance of many holistic health practitioners from around the world, to overcome and manage multiple injuries, chronic fatigue and coeliac’s disease to progress from fun runner to Olympian in just eight years. She still runs most days albeit retired from serious competition. Most of her time now is spent treating as a Sports Naturopath in Victoria, Australia. In this interview we hear about Kate’s inspiring journey from corporate worker to Olympic Marathon runner. We also delve deeply into iron deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia - what it is, why it’s so prevalent, who is at risk, the testing to consider, the warning signs and the treatment options.
I hope you feel inspired and educated by the end of this interview!
You find Kate here: https://athletesanctuary.com.au/
You can follow Kate here: https://www.instagram.com/katesmythsportsnaturopath/
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