Registered dietitian and nutritionist Alana Haggerty

Alana Haggerty, Registered Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist

Services

AB, SK, ON, NS, NB & the Territories

Alana focuses in the following areas:

Alana also provides nutritional counselling in the following areas:

General nutrition:

Sports nutrition:

  • Fitness and sports nutrition for athletes age 14+
  • Endurance athletes:
  • Learn how to confidently fuel your body and run strong
  • Individualized nutrition requirements to fuel your body in alignment with your training regime and specific goals
  • Specific nutrition recommendations for before, during, and after runs to optimize athletic performance and aid in recovery
  • Discover how to carbohydrate load prior to your next half or full marathon
  • Optimize your fluid intake: Learn how to appropriately replace your electrolytes and fluid loss using calculations based on your individualized sweat loss rate
  • Provide guidance while you experiment with various gels, gu’s, sports drinks and electrolyte replacements and learn what works best for you
  • Learn the principles to set the foundation for training for your next race and for the overall goal of long-term running health
  • Learn how to adequately fuel to prevent exhaustion, injury and burnout
  • Nutrition strategies during both on- and off- season, aligned with goals of each
  • Evidence-based guidance surrounding various sport nutrition supplements and appropriate usage/dosing.
  • Eliminate diet culture and fuel according to your specific athletic needs
  • Nutritional counselling for running events (track events, marathon events, et al.)
  • Help minimize nutritional deficiencies during various stages of training
  • Meal planning for athletes
  • Assist with off-season nutrition goals including focusing on body composition
  • Body composition: reducing body fat, increasing muscle mass
  • Assist endurance runners with building LEAN body mass
  • Nutrition programming for building muscle, strength and power

Provides services to the residents of Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the 3 territories. In addition to being a dietitian and nutritionist in Edmonton, Alana is also a registered dietitian in Saskatchewan.

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Qualifications

Alana Haggerty, Registered Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist, BSc RD, ACE CPT

Alana completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Food Science with a Specialization in Dietetics at the University of Alberta. After graduating from the University of Alberta, Alana continued to fine tune her nutrition care skills and began her career in the area of clinical dietetics.

Alana is licensed with the College of Dietitians of Alberta, College of Dietitians of Ontario and an active member of Dietitians of Canada.

History

Alana brings a great deal of new knowledge and passion to her practice as a dietitian. She is eager to break some of the common misconceptions associated with dietitians and relieve some of the hesitancies that may come with seeing an RD. Her vision is to empower individuals to take control of their health and well-being to lead a better life.

Alana’s passion for nutrition developed naturally from her love for sports and seeing the direct impact that nutrition and proper diet has on performance. She grew up in a small rural Alberta town playing a variety of sports including badminton, basketball, volleyball, and of course, running (cross country, track and field et al.).  She ran her first half marathon at the age of 14 and the spark only grew bigger from there.

Specialties

Alana specializes in providing nutrition advice to endurance athletes, particularly distance runners. A marathon runner herself, she recognizes the importance of optimizing nutrition to help meet your goals and get you to the finish line faster. She is able to provide tailored suggestions and understands first handedly the key nutrition components for distance runners. Her motto: fuel smarter, recover harder! She is always up for a challenge and wants to join you on crushing your next PR!

In addition, Alana has experience in many different areas outside of the sports nutrition realm, including weight loss, chronic disease management, disordered eating and eating disorders, oncology and more.

✓  Virtual nutritional counselling