Johanna Shiu, SUPGlobal's sport scientist, looks this month into the importance of protein in sport.

Johanna Shiu, our resident sports scientist casts her eye over diet this month - specifically carbohydrates and what they mean to stand up paddle surfing performance.

Johanna Shiu is one of the new faces at SUPGlobal.com. Johanna has a Bachelor of Science in Sport and Exercise Science and a Master of Science in Sports Nutrition. She has worked as a consultant nutritionist to the Amateur Boxing Association of England, helping boxers and their coaches to become more aware of the importance of nutrition for optimum performance; ensuring the athletes made the right weight for competition; and importantly, making sure they were able to perform well and stay healthy. In addition, Johanna has helped athletes and individuals on a one-to-one basis with reaching competition/weight loss goals, and worked as a research physiologist for Unilever Research.