Uncategorized – Page 5 – Nancy Clark RD

What I learned on my trip to the cranberry bog…

0 Comments , in Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized on 22-03-2017

The friendly folks at Ocean Spray recently invited me (and a group of registered dietitians who were in Boston for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference...

Four wishes for you for the Holidays—and Beyond

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 20-12-2016

In this day and age of nutrition confusion, I have four wishes for you, my sports-active readers. May these wishes help guide any New Year’s Nutrition Resolutions you are pondering…...

Your Future: It’s In Your Gut!

0 Comments , in Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 10-10-2016

When I think about eating, I think about the yummy taste of food and the pleasure of feeling satiated. But after attending a Harvard Medical School conference on Gut Health,...

Getting Older — Like It or Not

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Uncategorized on 22-09-2016

Like it or not, every one of us is getting older day by day. Both athletes and fitness exercisers alike commonly wonder how aging impacts performance—and what they can do...

What’s new in nutrition for athletes?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 13-09-2016

More than 3,000 research studies were presented at the American College of Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Boston, 2016 (www.ACSM.org). Here are just seven nutrition-related highlights that might be of...

Food and Politics … sickening!

0 Comments , in Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized on 08-12-2015

I don’t usually write about politics, but this sickening article needs to be shared … Leave the science alone on Dietary Guidelines of 2015 By Laura MacCleery Two-thirds of Americans...

What happens when you overeat?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Uncategorized , Weight on 24-11-2014

From Thanksgiving to New Years Eve, most of us try hard to maintain weight. But sometimes we just overeat. What is the fate of those excess calories? Do they all...

What to do with all that Halloween Candy…

0 Comments , in Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized on 01-11-2014

As I am writing this blog, ghosts and goblins are getting dressed for Halloween–and many parents are getting concerned about how to handle all of their kids’ candy-haul. Do they—...

Why do some athletes eat more than others?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Uncategorized on 15-09-2014

Some athletes are less active than others –even if they do the same amount of exercise. In their non-exercise hours, they tend to be sedentary. They look forward to finishing...

Too fat to exercise (or so he says)

0 Comments , in Uncategorized on 09-08-2014

“I know I should exercise to lose weight, but I’m so fat. I feel too embarrassed to be seem exercising in public” reported Tom (not his real name), a 35-year-old...