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Tumbling Along With Betsy

Tumble Along With Betsy! Betsy McNally Laouar is a personal fitness trainer, nutritionist, professional body builder, gymnastics coach and best selling author of two books, Binges and Balance Beams and Gymnachef. She works exclusively with gymnasts, coaches, and families within the gymnastics community to teach about balance in nutrition and fitness through her world renown traveling Betsy Bootcamps. For so long, the gymnastics world has been centered on extreme nutrition and fitness practices. Betsy uses her experiences to connect lessons from both her life and other coaches, athletes, parents, experts and specialists to change the culture of the gymnastics community. Through education we can help to develop better understanding of what our athletes need. Betsy is also the mother of a nonverbal autistic child and will cover topics of mental wellness, positive body image and how the gymnastics community can come together. She's just trying to "figure it all out" and wants you to tumble along with her!

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Episode # 17 Food Allergy Stories: Gymnasts, Coaches and Moms

December 07, 2020 • Betsy • Season 2 • Episode 17

Food Allergies:

The problems= Fear, frustration, lack of control, disappointment, unsure of who to trust, fear of disappointing others for something that is out of your control…

The answers: organization, education, preparation, planning ahead in every situation that involves food.

These are the daily issues and stories that face someone who has food allergies and is the focus of episode #17 in Tumbling Along With Betsy.

I learned a great deal about food allergies in this episode and since this podcast have become even more empathetic and understanding as how serious they are.

This is a a GREAT episode to listen to with your coaches, athletes and kids, because a lot of people don’t quite understand how serious food allergies are. These are real stories of gymnasts, gymnastics coaches and gymnastics moms who battle allergies daily.

Below are the guests who are featured in the podcast, I hope this episode is impactful to everyone who listens and will encourage everyone to grow in understanding on how they can help and be aware of those who have food allergies, specifically in the gymnastics world.

EJ Wasielewski, gymnast and cheerleader. Severe peanut allergy and also a vegetarian (Please note her photo is courtesy of AmyJphoto.com

Liane Moccia, mother of gymnast with severe peanut allergies. You can learn about the therapy she used with her gymnast daughter here:

https://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/library/allergy-library/oit

Shannon Dawe: Gymnastics owner and coach with severe mouth allergy called oral allergy syndrome.

Katey Fontaine, mother of gymnast Jordan, who has milk and shellfish allergy

Amy Fallis, gymnastics mom, yoga instructor and coach. Two gymnasts with dairy and soy allergies, as well as she herself having celiacs disease (gluten) and dairy allergy