Gemma Bes

After 23 years of experience, I have observed that a good nutritional guideline helps people improve their quality of life and prevent diseases, not to mention feel happier.

I provide nutritional advice to elite athletes, as well as to players on professional teams such as Mallorca Club de Fútbol and Arabay; to amateur cycling teams; and to the Compañía Nacional de Danza Española.

I advise companies such as Laboratorios Cantabria in researching and developing sports supplements.

I head the nutrition department at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor, and I teach and direct the Master's in Nutrition at the Alfonso X University in Madrid.

Nutrition, being a science in continuous evolution, requires constant research, training and cross-referencing of information from Western medicinal practices to ancestral ones (Chinese, Ayurvedic and Tibetan). My frequent trips to the Asian continent are aimed at absorbing knowledge from these ancient traditions.

An important milestone for me was joining the Rafa Nadal Foundation in Anantapur in 2015, where I developed a nutritional project for tennis players, ensuring their basic food and medical needs were met. I also created an energy and protein powder with local ingredients for their training sessions.

Since 2009, I have run my own company, creating innovative almond-based products at www.ametllademallorca.com