NUTRITION TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS
Short videos throughout the year, live training, or both. Start with the challenge you want to solve.
Quick Bites brings practical monthly nutrition training to roll call and other scheduled department training.
An easy place to start
Short videos that answer the nutrition questions officers actually ask. Play them during roll call or other mandatory training, with practical strategies officers can use on patrol.
Explore Quick Bites12, 10-minute videos on nutrition, wellness, and performance topics specific to shift work.
Conferences & events
Nutrition education built around the real demands of first responder work. RescueRD translates nutrition science into realistic strategies for meals between calls, hydration, and long shifts, so members can take that first step the next shift.
Explore PresentationsTypically 60-120 minutes, with practical examples and time for questions. Choose a nutrition topic that fits your event.
Reach every shift
The same live virtual training for every shift. Members join from their department, ask questions, and get advice that fits the job.
Explore Officer TrainingRepeat sessions across your shift schedule, live questions and discussion, and recording access for up to one year. Multiple locations can join together.
In-depth learning
In-depth training starts with putting nutrition foundations into action on shift, then builds toward performance optimization with supplements and specific protocols. Members leave with practical steps to use on the next shift.
Explore WorkshopsIn-depth education on nutrition foundations, how to apply them around shift demands, and how to build on them with supplements and specific performance protocols. Topics and discussion are tailored to your department’s goals.
From academy to patrol
Help recruits fuel PT, defensive tactics, and classroom learning with practical food, hydration, and recovery strategies they can carry into patrol.
Explore Academy TrainingAcademy-specific nutrition education and recruit guides, with program options covering academy preparation, nutrition basics, hydration, sleep, and the transition to patrol and shift work.
Start with short videos throughout the year, bring us in for live training, or use both.
Live nutrition talks for departments, conferences, and events. Focus on a topic that matters to your members, with practical examples and time for questions.
Typically 60–120 minutes, with practical examples and time for questions.
The same live virtual training for every shift. Members join from their stations, ask questions, and get advice that fits their work. A recording is included.
Repeat sessions across your shift schedule. Multiple stations can join together.
Longer, hands-on sessions with time for discussion and activities. Help members work through how to use the advice in their own lives.
Interactive activities, discussion, and practical ways to put nutrition advice to work.
Wellness advice often jumps from vague reminders to eat better straight to supplements and complicated routines. That misses the challenge: officers need ways to make the basics work when meals are interrupted, the shift runs late, and the only open restaurant is a drive-through. We teach practical nutrition strategies around those realities so members can build habits that support their energy, workouts, and life off duty.
Hover over a challenge or select it to see how we address it.
Eating well overnight takes more planning when most kitchens are closed and fatigue makes convenience food appealing. We help officers build realistic meal and snack plans, make useful choices from what is available, and think through caffeine timing around their sleep schedule.
A packed lunch for 12 hours may not cover a shift that runs several hours longer. We teach officers how to pack a practical food backup and use meals and snacks throughout the shift instead of reaching the end of the day with nothing left in the tank.
A meal break is not always predictable, and the patrol car may be the closest thing to a dining room. We cover portable meals, cooler-friendly options, go-bag snacks, and realistic drive-through choices that work without a microwave or an uninterrupted break.
Court and callouts can interrupt the time officers set aside for sleep and meals. We help members plan food, hydration, and caffeine around changing schedules while recognizing that nutrition cannot replace the sleep they need.
Patrol, bike teams, SWAT, K-9 handlers, and detectives do not spend their days the same way. We help members adjust food and hydration to the work in front of them, from demanding assignments to long periods at a desk or in a vehicle.
There is no “suck it up” or “you signed up for this” here. When members feel stuck or overwhelmed, we meet them where they are. We listen to what is getting in the way and help them find manageable steps, without shame or an expectation of perfect eating.
The goal is more usable energy during a shift and more bandwidth for family when it ends. It can mean arriving at a workout fueled, keeping food available through a holdover, hydrating more consistently, or getting home without feeling so hungry that dinner turns into a free-for-all.
We focus on changes members can repeat, then build from there. We help members turn these basics into habits they can put into action on the next shift.
Knowing what to eat is one thing. Making it happen on shift is another. We focus on the how, with practical strategies grounded in nutrition science and the realities of Fire & EMS.
24–48-hour shifts
Broken sleep
Stress and trauma
Unpredictable activity
Heat and changing weather
Firehouse culture
Station meals. Meals between calls. Hydration on and off the fireground. Advice that speaks your members’ language.
Just wanted to let you know I have been trying out the applesauce before my runs and I have been posting my best time since I younger. It has helped me improve dramatically in one month. Thank you again for your talk in Ohio.
For what it's worth, this is the best dietician for first responders I've ever heard. It's very obvious she actually works in fire-houses and know "us".
Megan Lautz
MS, RD, CSCS, TSAC-F
Founder & Registered Dietitian
Megan works with first responders to turn nutrition science into practical habits for patrol, demanding assignments, and life off duty. Her training helps members work around long hours, missed meals, and broken sleep so eating well feels realistic and doable.
She focuses on building a strong nutrition foundation that supports energy, performance, and long-term health. Megan received the 2025 ASPDA Trailblazer Award for advancing nutrition in the first responder space.
Michelle Bugbee
MS, RDN, CPT
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Michelle has worked with departments to help first responders fuel for the physical and mental demands of the job. As a sports dietitian, she understands how long hours, disrupted sleep, and unpredictable schedules can make even the basics challenging.
She helps members build sustainable nutrition habits that support energy, performance, and long-term health with realistic changes they can repeat. Michelle holds a master’s degree in Nutrition and Health Promotion with a sports nutrition focus from Simmons University and is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
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