Lucas ThurnherrTechnical University of Munich | TUM · TUM School of Medicine and Health
Lucas Thurnherr
MSc Human Movement Sciences - Sports & Nutrition
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Introduction
Pursuing a PhD in sports nutrition with a particular focus on health and food literacy in athletes of all sports.
Additional affiliations
September 2019 - January 2020
NOC*NSF
Position
- Trainee Performance Chef
Description
- Putting science into practice by preparing meals for young athletes as well as young paralympic athletes. Incorporating functional foods into meals, working in a team of 4-5 professional chefs.
February 2020 - March 2020
Team Sunweb
Position
- Performance Chef
Description
- Preparing meals for 7-8 elite cyclists during multi-day stage racing.
Education
September 2021 - April 2022
September 2018 - July 2019
September 2015 - June 2018
Publications
Publications (6)
In der Höhe (ab ca. 1.600 m ü.NN) nutzen Ausdauerathletinnen und -athleten den Sauerstoffmangel um den Trainingseffekt zu verstärken. In den nowboarddisziplinen ist die Verbesserung der Ausdauerleistungsfähigkeit nicht das primäre Ziel, dennoch findet Training in der Höhe statt, wodurch sich physiologische Einflüsse der Höhe auf das Training auswir...
Background
Sports nutrition science and practice
• In theory, sports nutrition guidelines intend to support
health and improve performance by adjusting energy
and nutrient intake to sport-specific demands.
• In practice, athletes often fail to align dietary intake to
sport-specific guidelines, resulting in suboptimal energy
and nutrient intake jeo...
Introduction: Competitive amateur triathletes implement high training volumes, putting themselves at increased risk for low energy availability (LEA). Appropriate carbohydrate fueling before, during, and after exercise may help reduce athletes’ risk of LEA and improve training quality and adaptations. The goal of the present study was to assess ass...
Introduction: Nutritional knowledge has been shown to be one factor influencing nutritional status and diet-related decisions among athletes. Assessing knowledge status allows the identification of knowledge gaps, which can subsequently be addressed during nutritional counseling. This study aimed to assess sports nutrition knowledge of athletes aff...
Introduction
The elderly are prone to energy-protein malnutrition and its associated complications, such as increased mortality and morbidity, poorer quality of life, delayed recovery from disease and development of frailty.1, 2 Besides, the elderly have greater protein and leucine requirements.3, 4 Protein-rich oral nutritional supplements (ONS)...
Introduction
Sarcopenia is an age-related condition associated with greater risk of falls, poor health outcomes, deteriorated quality of life as well as greater mortality.1 However, sarcopenia can be prevented and even reversed through nutritional and exercise-based strategies. More specifically, protein-rich diets have shown to delay the loss of...
