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Is Weight Gain the Problem? Or the Symptom?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 24-02-2025

Written by guest blogger Emma L’Esperance, nutrition student at Simmons University After listening to sports nutritionist Nancy Clark’s seminar on weight loss and athletes, the main comment that stood out...

Optimizing Your Immune Response

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 11-02-2025

I fear getting sick when I travel to competitions. Anything I can eat to prevent illness? What are the best foods to boost my immune system? I have nasty scrapes...

Food and Flexibility: Fighting the Plague of Perfection Among Athletes

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 06-02-2025

Written by guest blogger Emma L‘Esperance. As I listened to a podcast on Athlete Nutrition: How to Fuel Properly for Your Sport with highly knowledgeable nutrition professionals discussing ways athletes can...

Sports Nutrition on a Budget

0 Comments , in Recipies , Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 12-11-2024

Athletes get hungry—and feeding hungry athletes can get quite expensive. I commonly hear comments such as: My teenage athletes are eating me out of house and home. Protein bars and...

Nutrition Updates from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 11-10-2024

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) is the nation’s largest group of food and nutrition professionals. At their annual convention (Oct 2024; Minneapolis), members presented research and updates that...

The Athlete’s Gut: Health and Sports Performance

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 13-09-2024

The gut, also called the intestinal tract, includes the stomach, intestines, and colon. An amazing number of life-sustaining and performance-enhancing events happen in the gut—including but not limited to digestion...

How to Eat Like the Champions

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 13-08-2024

If you are like me, you’ve been enthralled with watching the Tour de France and the Paris Olympics. I found myself wondering about the strategies those high-performing athletes use to...

Sports Nutrition: Hot Topics from #ACSM2024

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition on 16-06-2024

The American College of Sports (ACSM.org) is a professional organization for sports science researchers, educators, exercise physiologists, sports dietitians, and doctors At ACSM’s Annual Meeting (May 2024, Boston), more than...

Ultra-Processed Foods: Beyond the Headlines

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 14-05-2024

In today’s food culture, we’ve demonized certain types of foods, such as those with abundant carbs, fat, salt, and sugar. The latest demon is ultra-processed foods. You’ve seen the headlines:...

Coffee, Caffeine & Athletes: What To Know

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized on 12-04-2024

Thankfully for millions of athletes around the globe, coffee can be enjoyed guilt-free as part of a healthy sports diet. Coffee contains nutrient-dense plant compounds called phytochemicals that promote health...