Lauren MacLeod, RD

Mountain Sports Dietitian - content creator - outdoor and wellness writer

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    Expert interviews, recipe development, presentations, and other creative collaborations.

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  • Copywriting

    Expert outdoor and wellness writing + content creation for your organization.

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About Lauren

 

Mindful nutrition for Mountain athletes

 

My niche

I am a registered dietitian specializing in the intersection of outdoor adventure and nutrition. My goal is to help athletes and outdoor enthusiasts alike ditch the need to “look like an athlete” and instead feel like an athlete through proper nutrition and body positivity.

I am also a freelance writer with 8 years of experience in the outdoor and wellness industries. I specialize in providing SEO-optimized evidence-based content for brands that strive for exposure and credibility.

Being The Mountain Dietitian

It means more than just working with clients one on one. My growing body of work impacts a larger population, focusing on what mountain athletes care about — nutrition, body appreciation, protecting beautiful spaces, amplifying underrepresented voices, and more. Click below to see how my work can contribute to your organization.

Let’s Get Social.

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Wilder Wellness has a new face! I am now The Mountain Dietitian. New look, same message. If you are new here, my name is Lauren and I am a registered dietitian specializing in sports nutrition for outdoor athletes. My goal is to help athletes and ou
Boost your brekkie! Athletes know that protein is an integral part of sports nutrition, but they often struggle to get enough at breakfast, especially if they reach for cold cereal or oats. However, there are a few benefits specific to upping prote
Mountain athletes: what can elevating your nutrition do for you? -More endurance for multi-day treks -Enhanced recovery to get back outside day after day -Improved ability to increase training load -More energy for long bike rides -More power for bo
Your body needs rest days. Outdoor adventures are great (trust me, I live for them!), but so are indoor days off. No matter what level of athlete you are, taking at least one full rest day every week has so many benefits for your performance: 🍓O
What do bike shorts and body acceptance have in common? Our bodies are like bike shorts. Let me explain: Bike shorts are not meant to be sexy. They are tight in weird places, strangely mid-length, give your booty fluff but not form, and squeeze hip
✨On making moves✨ When your training gets in a rut, you switch it up. For me, life is the very same way. I'm thrilled to be moving back to Mammoth Lakes for the summer, with endless possible next steps! I'm going FULLY REMOTE folks, and that mean
My face when athletes tell me they skip breakfast... Research shows that athletes who skip breakfast are likely to have a lower basal metabolic rate (meaning your body is slowing down to conserve energy) and impaired recovery from training. Yikes!
My passion: the intersection of outdoor adventure and nutrition. The places where the most crossover occurs are: 1. Sports performance 2. The outdoor industry's obsession with "looking like an athlete" After an AMAZING discussion about me
How I try my best to love on Mama Earth: 🥣 Bringing reusable cookware and utensils to work 👟 Walking or biking to the store when I need something small 🚗 Carpooling (starting soon I hope!) 🗑️ Picking up trash on trails (and washing my hands when