Kate McDaid - Nutrition 101

Kate McDaid is a health and performance nutritionist and founder of NutriKate, a high-performance nutrition consultancy based in Dublin. Having played and captained the Irish Basketball team, the importance of nutrition became apparent to Kate at a young age and a true passion for this area blossomed. Kate followed her ambition and completed a masters in Sport and Exercise Nutrition at Loughborough University. Before returning to Ireland, Kate secured a role, advancing to senior health and performance nutritionist in a leading nutrition consultancy in the UK. Here she was able to build an extensive portfolio working with professional sports teams, elite sporting scholars, corporate clients, charity organisations, weight-loss and health seeking individuals.

 Kate returned to Ireland in 2017 with this experience and founded NutriKate. The NutriKate team works with an array of clients; athletes, teams and individuals looking to improve their health, performance or body composition. They deliver nutritional workshops, seminars and support to corporate entities and sports clubs around the country too. Kate is currently the head of performance nutrition for the Dublin Senior Ladies and Longford Senior Men’s football teams. Kate and her team strive to cut through the nonsense and deliver advice and content that holds truth, practicality and is backed by the latest scientific research.