The National Dairy Council is delighted to continue working with Garry Ringrose as an ambassador in 2024. Like all athletes, Garry knows the important role that diet and nutrition plays in fuelling the body for success in training and on the pitch.
Manchester City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland made headlines revealing to his 32.8m Instagram followers that the source of his record-breaking prowess on the pitch was milk! Dairy has long been a trusted, as a reliable source of nutrition, not only for consumers, but for high performing athletes.
At a time where Irish athletes are reaching new heights on the global stage, we want to explore the important contribution of Ireland’s world-class dairy produce in supporting sport stars to make an impact.
Garry said he is delighted to be working with NDC as an ambassador and to promote the significant benefits of Milk – “Nature’s sports drink”. As an athlete I know the hard work, dedication, and commitment that it takes to be on top of your game and what it takes to succeed!
"Eating well is essential and adapting your nutritional intake to your sport is a necessity. In-season or out of season, as well as pre-, during and post-performance, all influence our nutritional decisions.”
"There are lots of parallels that can be drawn between athletes and farmers. It starts with the right ingredients, hard work, effort, and passion 365 days a year to deliver a world class food product. In the same way that producing world class dairy mirrors the processes of elite athletes. It begins from the ground up, from good foundations. Like our athletes, our farmers stay grounded while performing on the world stage of top food production," he said.
Dr Marianne Walsh, Senior Nutritionist with NDC said the perfect post-performance recovery drink, milk is rich in protein – an important nutrient for muscle growth and maintenance – and provides a natural carbohydrate source to help refuel energy stores.
As well as being an affordable, natural, versatile, and widely available choice, milk also provides a range of vitamins and minerals.
A glass of milk offers an abundance of electrolytes in a fluid form to assist rehydration and provides several vitamins and minerals with important roles for health including calcium, phosphorous, and potassium to support bone health, iodine to contribute to normal cognitive brain function, vitamin B2 to assist with energy release, and vitamin B12 to support normal functioning of the immune system”.
