Dr Caryn Zinn – Building Healthy Athletes… from beginner to winner

Dr. Caryn Zinn looks at the benefits and limitations of carbohydrate restriction for athletic performance.

Dr Caryn Zinn is a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. She is a New Zealand Registered Dietitian and teaches/researches in the area of nutrition, both from a public health and a sports performance perspective. 

Her current research (and that of her students) includes applying the Low Carbohydrate, Healthy Fat (LCHF) nutrition paradigm as a tool for losing weight, improving health and optimising sports performance in a variety of different population groups. 

Dr. Zinn is also the co-author of the books 'What The Fat?', 'What The Fat?: Sports Performance', 'What The Fast?' and the recently released 'What The Fat?: Recipes'.