Mary Cain on REDs, Period Health, and Why Sports Should Be Healthcare - This Is Not About Running

RD Real Talk - Registered Dietitians Keeping it Real by Heather Caplan RD

Jun 4, 202601:00:05Health

What if we stopped treating sport like entertainment and started treating it like healthcare? That's the question at the center of this conversation with Mary Cain: professional middle-distance runner, Stanford medical s...

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