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Nancy Clark, MS, RD, an internationally known sports nutritionist and nutrition author, is a registered dietitian (RD) who specializes in nutrition for exercise, health and the nutritional management of eating disorders.
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Whether you want to analyze your sports diet, get an answer to your questions about creatine, or find a new recipe for chicken, you can get an amazing amount of health information on the web.
The Athlete’s Kitchen
Copyright: Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD August 2007
Whether you want to analyze your sports diet, get an answer to your questions about creatine, or find a new recipe for chicken, you can get an amazing amount of high quality food, nutrition, and health information on the Web. The question is, what’s quality information and what’s hokum? Here are some of my favorite websites; perhaps this information will be a helpful resource for you, as well.
www.ais.org.au
If you have questions about fueling for exercise, The Australian Institute of Sport (whose mission is to help educate Olympic athletes and coaches) offers abundant sports nutrition information. Click on Sport Science/Sport Medicine and you can find information on how to fuel for your particular sport (triathlon, running, rugby, rowing, etc.), as well as fact sheets and articles that offer answers to your questions about sports supplements, including antioxidants, bovine, colostrum, glutamine, whatever.
www.ific.org
Wonder about caffeine? Aspartame? Chocolate? You’ll find the answers to your food questions on this site, sponsored by the International Food Information Council Foundation, a non-profit organization who's mission is to communicate reliable information about food, food safety, and nutrition. Just go to "search," enter the topic, and enjoy articles that answer your questions.
www.americanheart.org
Do you have questions or concerns about how to eat to lower your cholesterol? Either search for information about your food of interest (soy, fish, eggs etc.) or click on Healthy Lifestyle. Also explore Delicious Decisions for abundant heart-healthy recipes.
www.usda.gov
Wonder about the nutritional needs of infants? Your grandparents? Your children? Yourself? The National Agricultural Library's Food and Nutrition Information Center provides abundant information about nutrition throughout the lifecycle, food safety, the Food Pyramid. It also includes a search tool to look at the nutritional value of the foods you eat, plus a wealth of nutrition information.
www.findingbalance.com
If you are struggling to find the right balance of food and exercise, this site offers helpful information as well as videos of professionals who can help you find peace with food. There's no need to struggle on your own; this site can help you develop a better relationship with food and your body.
www.ConsumerLab.com
Are you really getting what you pay for when you buy nutritional supplements? ConsumerLab.com monitors the quality of vitamin and mineral supplements, herbs, nutrition bars, protein powders and numerous other health products so you can learn which brands offer you the best for your money. Some of the information is free; some comes with a fee. An annual subscription is $29.95; a single product review is $12. The site could likely save you that much money.
www.cancernutritioninfo.com
Just about everyone knows someone who is afflicted with cancer. This website helps translate the latest research into healing food suggestions to help cure or prevent cancer.
www.nlm.nih.gov
The National Library of Medicine offers easy-to-understand medical information for the general public (click on Medline Plus) as well as access to the latest research published in medical journals (click on PubMed). If you want the latest news on creatine, vitamin C and exercise, or carbohydrate loading, simply search the topic of interest and wade through the abstracts.
www.mealsforyou.com
Have no idea what's for dinner but want something tasty? You'll find lots of food ideas on this website--not only 8,000 recipes, but also nutrition information about each recipe and a customized food shopping list. You can look for recipes according to health needs (low cholesterol, diabetes), time available to cook, nutrition, and taste (that is, are you hankering for comfort food, gourmet food, holiday foods, taste of the world, chocolate?). You can also choose from the list of the most popular recipes. The Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts (preparation time: 10 minutes; cooking time: 35 minutes) sound good to me!
www.vegweb.com
If you are thinking about a vegetarian lifestyle, this website, sponsored by Vegetarians Unite!, was designed to create an Internet vegetarian community. It offers over 4,300 recipes including kid-friendly foods, plus chat rooms, articles, books, even veggie poems. A fun site!
www.SCANdpg.org
Looking for a local sports dietitian who can help answer your personal nutrition questions? This site, sponsored by SCAN, the American Dietetic Association’s dietary practice group of Sports & Cardio-vascular Nutritionists, offers a referral network. Just click on your state, and you'll get a list of sports nutrition professionals who can give you personalized attention. Don’t let nutrition be your missing link!
Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics) counsels casual and competitive athletes in her private practice at Healthworks, the premier fitness center in Chestnut Hill MA (617-383-6100). Her popular Sports Nutrition Guidebook, Food Guide for Marathoners: Tips for Everyday Champions, and Cyclist's Food Guide are available via www.nancyclarkrd.com. Also see www.sportsnutritionworkshop.com.
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