sports diet – Nancy Clark RD

Carbs & Athletes: Friend or Foe?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 21-04-2023

Athletes create many reasons for limiting their intake of seemingly “evil” carbohydrates: “I don’t like sandwiches … Pasta is so “heavy.” “I’m staying away from gluten.” “I avoid any foods...

Breakfast and Lunch: Food for Thought

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 10-02-2023

Enjoyment of food should be one of life’s pleasures. Unfortunately, I counsel too many athletes who scrutinize food and talk about eating nutrients (protein, carbs, and fat). They put a...

Chocolate and Athletes

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 14-09-2022

During a long bike ride, I snack on chocolate to boost my energy. After a hard workout, chocolate milk is my go-to recovery food. Yum! How bad—or good—is chocolate for...

Thinking about becoming a vegan athlete?

5 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 12-08-2019

Fact or Fiction: The vegan diet is unlikely to support optimal performance in athletes? Fiction! No evidence suggests a nutritionally balanced vegan diet impairs athletic performance (1,2). Google vegan athletes;...

Sports Nutrition Update: Carbohydrate

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 16-07-2019

Too many of today’s athletes believe carbohydrates are “bad.” If that’s true, what does the latest sports nutrition research say? The following studies, presented at the American College of Sports...

Carbohydrates: Yes? No? Friend? Foe?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 12-01-2017

Ever since I stopped eating carbs, I’ve been feeling so much better. The keto-diet works fine for me. It keeps me from having cookie binges! I tried giving up...

Chipotle, Panera or McDonald’s?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 17-08-2016

Chipotle and Panera are popular quick-service restaurants for many athletes. Their menus offer several items that fit well into a sports diet and are a step in the healthier direction...

Taking Your Diet to the Next level

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 13-07-2016

Some athletes are still on the “see-food diet”. They see food and they eat it. Others are a bit more mindful about how they nourish their bodies; they put...

When you know how to eat well, but just don’t do it…

2 Comments , in Sports Nutrition on 16-01-2014

Why don’t you eat what you know you “should” eat? Perhaps because you don’t know what you don’t know! A new client, an avid exerciser, wasted no time telling me, “I...