Monique Ryan, MS, RD, LDN is a nationally recognized nutritionist with over twenty-five years of professional experience. She is founder of Personal Nutrition Designs, a nutrition consulting company based in the Chicago area. Started in 1992, Personal Nutrition Designs provides nutrition programs for diverse groups of people with an emphasis on long-term follow-up and support programming. Monique has developed thousands of nutrition plans for clients in the areas of sports nutrition, weight management, women’s health, eating disorder recovery, various medical and health concerns, and disease prevention and wellness. She provides her clients with practical cutting edge nutrition information based on current scientific research.

Monique is currently the sports dietitian for the professional cycling team, Team Type 1, a men’s professional cycling team that competes in Europe, Asia, and North America. She has extensive experience working with elite athletes and was a member of the Performance Enhancement Team for USA Triathlon, USA Cycling (Women’s Road Team), and Synchro Swimming USA up to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. She has consulted for multiple seasons with the Timex Multisport Team, and the Chicago Fire Soccer Team, and was the nutritionist for the Saturn Cycling Team for the 1994 to 2000 racing seasons. Monique has also consulted with professional football, baseball and basketball players, and team sport athletes competing at the high school and collegiate level. She has also consulted with many professional endurance triathletes, the Volvo-Cannondale Mountain Bike, Rollerblade Racing, and the Trek-Volkswagen and Gary Fisher Mountain Bike Teams. Monique has lectured extensively on sports nutrition to coaches, athletic trainers, and amateur athletes who train at all levels. For several months in 2000, Monique was on sabbatical at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Australia, one of the world’s top training and physiology and sport nutrition research centers. She is currently on the Medical Advisory Board of the Chicago Area Runner’s Association (CARA).

She has presented across the US, and in Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Thailand. Monique is quoted frequently for sports nutrition articles and her comments have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Runner’s World, Fitness, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Outside, and Oxygen among other publications.

Monique is a prolific nutrition writer and has written Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 3rd edition (March 2012), Performance Nutrition for Winter Sports, Performance Nutrition for Team Sports, and Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition. She is the author of over 175 published magazine articles. From 1991 to 2010, she was a regular contributor to VeloNews- The Journal of Competitive Cycling, and for Inside Triathlon from 1994 to 2010, has contributed to Outside and Oxygen. She has also contributed to Men’s Journal, eatright.org, kidseatright.org, Her Sports, Triathlete and Women’s Sports & Fitness. She has appeared on CLTV, FOX TV, and the WGN, ABC and CBS news.

Monique is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (previously the American Dietetic Association). She is a member of several practice groups within the Academy including the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) practice group and was Reviews Editor of SCAN’s quarterly publication, the PULSE, for twelve years. She is also a member of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs, and Dietitian in Integrative and Functional Medicine practice groups.

Monique has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, and completed her clinical training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Chicago (1984). She has a Master of Science Degree in Nutrition (2002). She is a registered dietitian (RD) and licensed in the state of Illinois (LDN), and a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). Monique is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is an ACSM Health Fitness Specialist (HFS). Monique regularly participates in the sports of swimming, cycling, running, and snowshoeing and has competed as a licensed cyclist in the sports of road cycling and mountain biking.