sodium – Nancy Clark RD

Hydration and Electrolytes: When do they matter?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 13-04-2025

To listen to advertisements for pre-workout products, sports drinks, electrolyte replacers, and recovery beverages, you’d think every person who exercises needs to worry about maintaining optimal fluid and electrolyte balance...

Commercial Sports Foods: A Matter of Preference

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 19-06-2022

“I thought I was supposed to use gels during long runs. Can candy work just as well..?” “Are electrolyte tablets the best way to replace sodium loses from sweaty workouts?”...

Sports Nutrition Updates: Microbes, Bone Health, Hot Weather Exercise

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 15-04-2021

Do you know the bacteria in your gut can enhance athletic performance? Or the sports you play when you are a kid impact your bone health as a young adult?...

Hot Weather Hydration Tips

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition on 11-08-2020

Steaming hot summers bring up nutrition questions for athletes who are training and competing in the heat: How can I tell if I’ve had enough to drink? Should I be...

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. ...

Fueling tips for bariatric marathoners

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 23-07-2019

Dear Nancy, I had bariatric surgery a year ago. I’m now training for the Chicago Marathon. The bariatric diet is meant to be high protein low carb. I’ve...

Sweat Sodium & Fluid Replacement: A delicate balance

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition on 21-06-2018

As you know, when you sweat, you lose sodium, an electrically charged molecule that is a part of salt. Sodium and other electrolytes help maintain proper fluid balance inside and...

Sports drinks, sodium & steamy summer sports

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet on 28-06-2016

Staying well hydrated is key to being able to survive steamy summer exercise. Athletes who fail to drink enough end up feeling needlessly tired, grumpy, headachy and irritable. The goal:...

Muscle cramps: Do they cramp your style?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition on 26-04-2016

What causes muscles cramps? How can we prevent them? And why, when a group of athletes are doing the same amount of exercise in the same conditions, do some...

Electrolyte replacers: Do athletes need to buy them?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition on 15-07-2015

Electrolytes are electrically charged particles, most commonly known as sodium, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. They are abundant in “real foods” – including fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, and dairy foods. These...