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No Forking Nonsense - The Nutritionist UK · June 24 · 11 min

WHY YOU GET ILL AFTER A BIG EVENT.

You train for months. You nail the big day. You finish on top of the world... and three days later you're flat on your back with a stinking cold, wondering what you did wrong. The answer? Probably nothing. This is one of the most predictable things in sports science, and it doesn't just happen to athletes. The wedding, the charity walk, the brutal week at work... any big push can do it. This week's question came from a listener whose daughter placed second in her first Olympic-distance triathlon, then got knocked sideways within 36 hours. We use it to unpack the "open window," the one nutrition mistake that quietly wrecks your immunity, and the simple things that actually help you bounce back.

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You train for months. 
You nail the big day. 
You finish on top of the world... and three days later you're flat on your back with a stinking cold, wondering what you did wrong.

The answer? 
Probably nothing. 
This is one of the most predictable things in sports science, and it doesn't just happen to athletes. The wedding, the charity walk, the brutal week at work... any big push can do it.

This week's question came from a listener whose daughter placed second in her first Olympic-distance triathlon, then got knocked sideways within 36 hours. We use it to unpack the "open window," the one nutrition mistake that quietly wrecks your immunity, and the simple things that actually help you bounce back.


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