Sustainable Sports Diet – Nancy Clark RD

The ABC’s of Sports Nutrition

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 13-01-2021

Believe it or not, eating a good sports diet can be simple. Yet too many athletes have created a complex and confusing eating program with good and bad foods, lots...

Is the Lighter Athlete the Better Athlete?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 10-12-2020

Many athletes have engraved this message into their brains: The lighter I am, the better I will perform. While lugging around excess flab can indeed slow you down, many dieting...

Athletes, Injuries & Nutrition

2 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 09-11-2020

Athletes get injured. It’s part of the deal. Be it a torn ACL, Achilles tendonitis, or a pulled muscle, the questions arise: What can I eat to recover faster? Would...

Family-friendly Recipe for Savory African Peanut Stew

2 Comments , in Recipies , Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 30-10-2020

Looking for a family-friendly meal (assuming no peanut allergies) that happens to be gluten-free and can easily be made in a vegan version? This stew is creamy, savory, and just...

Want to Build More Muscle? — Nutrition Tactics

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 11-09-2020

Most athletes want to have strong muscles to be more powerful, help prevent injuries, add protection for contact sports such as rugby or (American) football, and yes, to look buff....

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Chocolate Cake Batter—with a health halo

0 Comments , in Recipies , Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 16-08-2020

When you are hankering for some chocolate chip cookies or chocolate cake—but want a sports food that is also nourishing—you might enjoy these two recipes for dessert hummus. Both are...

Should you consume extra salt when exercising in the heat?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 30-07-2020

Perhaps —but each athlete is an experiment of one. Here’s just one example of what I mean by that. ...

Athletes and Intestinal Distress: Gutting It Out

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 15-07-2020

While some athletes have cast iron stomachs and few concerns about what and when they eat before they exercise, others live in fear of pre-exercise fuel contributing to undesired pit...

Considerations when building a vegan sports diet

1 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 13-06-2020

Vegan and vegetarian diets are here to stay; they are not a passing fad. The busy lifestyle of vegan athletes can create nutrition challenges. For example, when eating on the...

Which is better: chickpea or wheat pasta?

1 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 29-05-2020

Nancy, I have a quick question. When choosing a pasta to incorporate into my meals for starch, is there a difference between pasta made from wheat flour compared to chickpeas?...