Dietary restrictions in endurance runners to mitigate exercise-induced gastrointestinal symptoms

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Pre-race food avoidances in runners to minimize exercise-induced GI symptoms. Percentage of endurance runners who avoid a food category pre-race to minimize GI symptoms

Table 1 Frequently avoided foods pre-race by gender and athlete age group

Table 2 Frequently avoided foods pre-race by race distance

Table 3 Frequently avoided foods pre-race by performance level

Fig. 2 Symptoms experienced while racing. Symptoms that runners reported they would experience during a race if they consumed a food that they would typically avoid. Data is presented as percentage of all runners

Table 4 Symptoms experienced pre-racing by gender and athlete age group

Fig. 3 Reasons for pre-race food avoidances in runners. Reasons endurance runners choose to avoid a food pre-race. Data is presented as percentage of all runners

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. The questionnaire is available as a supplemental file (see Additional file 1).