Advice on How Women Can Excel in Sports with Christine Yu, Award-Winning Journalist/Author of Up to Speed

Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

Season 2, Episode 63

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn how the latest science can help women achieve their athletic potential.

Christine Yu is an award-winning sports and health journalist. Her book UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes was published on May 16, 2023 by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Yu earned her B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and her Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. Her essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Outside Magazine, Runner's World, Family Circle, SELF, Eating Well, VICE, and ESPNW, among others.

Yu lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two sons. She is a lifelong athlete who likes to run, practice yoga, hike, swim, and surf.
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Christine Yu explains the main two reasons she chose to write this book: to address the bias against women and to understand as much as possible about female physiology, since her father was a neurosurgeon.
• She thought it was weird that in sports, women are understudied as opposed to men.
• Yu talks about the myth of losing one's period as being a good thing.
• Sports instill belief and confidence, which is why knowing how to stay healthy is important.
• Why intermittent fasting is not that great for female athletes as opposed to men.
• Proper fueling and nutrition are essential to keep our bodies in a state of balance. Underfueling can lead to a cascade of problems that affects the reproductive system first, as well as bone and gut health.
• When reaching menopause, women don't have to give up sports. Instead, they need to adapt to their new bodies.
• The goal of sports is to be a life-long athlete.
• Last, but not least, Yu's seeds of sunshine for all listeners is to make time for life's little joys.

To connect with Christine Yu, please follow her on:
Christine Yu (@cyu888) • Instagram photos and videos
(8) Christine Yu (@cyu888) / X (twitter.com)

To purchase her groundbreaking book Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes, go to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever books are sold.

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