Publications:

• Disher AE, Stewart KL, Bach AJE, Stewart IB. Contribution of Dietary Composition on Water Turnover Rates in Active and Sedentary Men. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 21;13(6):2124. doi: 10.3390/nu13062124. PMID: 34205676; PMCID: PMC8234797.
• Bach AJ, Stewart IB, Disher AE, Costello JT. A comparison between conductive and infrared devices for measuring mean skin temperature at rest, during exercise in the heat, and recovery. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 6;10(2):e0117907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117907. PMID: 25659140; PMCID: PMC4319934.

Ali is an Advanced Sports Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist, with a Master of Philosophy in sports nutrition and hydration. Ali is Swimming Australia’s Performance Nutrition Lead and she also consults to the Queensland Academy of Sport, Queensland Rugby League, as well as having previously worked at the Australian Institute of Sport. Ali is Chair of the Education arm of Sports Dietitians Australia, and recently finished ten years lecturing and supervising practicum placements for QUT’s School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.

Specialties:

• Endurance and ultra-endurance
• Adolescents and young adults
• Behavioural nutrition
• Meeting high energy demands
• Optimising body composition
• Low Energy Availability & REDs
• Injury management

Two things I can’t live without are:
… music and sunshine

9am on a Sunday morning, and I am:
… sipping coffee, reading a book in the park by the creek with the dog

My favourite training session is:
… dusk run by the river

Tea or coffee?
… coffee in the morning, tea at night

Most recent hobby I’ve acquired
… learning to ride a motorbike!

My last meal would be:
… Beccofino’s duck ragu with a good glass of red

My nutrition philosophy:
… take time to enjoy and celebrate food – where it’s come from, how it can change the way you feel, and the way it brings people together. There’s a place for fuelling performance just as much as there’s a place for soul food!

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