The past few days I’ve been at Bowdoin College working with the outstanding US Women’s World Cup Rugby team. And, today a college student (apparently a nutrition major) looked at me in the cafeteria and said “so do you all rugby people have a nutritionist or something? Because everyone eats the right foods.” After telling him …
Sports nutrition is an exciting field of study fueled by how nutrition can help an athlete perform better and improve overall health. Therefore, when I analyze an athlete’s diet, I’m looking for more than just how much protein, carbohydrate and calories they are eating. I am also comparing their diet to their training program and …
At the ISSN conference a few weeks back, I had the opportunity to connect with good friends, pick the brains of some of the foremost sports nutrition scientists, talk sports nutrition strategies that work in the real world with the best sports dietitians in the country and learn about sports nutrition for Italy’s World Cup …
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I’ve probably blogged about this before. But, its a recurring theme that deserves its due space on the internet. There are 3 things that will prevent you from losing weight and they are all too common: 1) You underestimate what you eat. Studies show most people underestimate what they eat or as I learned from …
I’ve been ISO (that’s in search of) a reason for why so many people shun grains. If you do, please comment and let me know why, I’m open minded, educate me! Many think they shun grains as they command the attention of their friends during their brief table-side sermons about their “clean” diet. Next thing …
There’s a reason people shy away from “decaf”. Many of us, myself included, are looking for that immediate mental boost that comes from taking caffeine, the most widely consumed, legal psychoactive agent in the world. So how does caffeine work and what does it do? Within 45 minutes after ingestion, caffeine is completely absorbed. It binds …