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Carbo-loading: Tips for Endurance Athletes
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While carbo-loading sounds simple (just stuff yourself with pasta, right?), the truth is that many endurance athletes make food mistakes that hurt their performance.Fishing For Health
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Questions arise among health-conscious athletes: Should I eat fish or avoid it? Does the risk of mercury poisoning and PCB toxins outweigh the health benefits from eating fish?The Meat & Potatoes of Sports Nutrition
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Athletes have a different biochemistry than unfit people. Athletes are unlikely to experience an insulin surge that leads to overeating and “getting fat” from enjoying a potato with dinner.The Athlete’s Kitchen: Climbing the Food Pyramid
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To find out more about the Pyramid's hidden messages, I logged on to www.MyPyramid.gov. This website, in contrast to the icon, offers an impressive amount of helpful information.The Athlete’s Kitchen: Sports Nutrition News
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Here’s some of the research presented by exercise physiologists, nutritionists and other health professionals at the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual meeting (Denver, May, 2006)The Athlete’s Kitchen: Fruit - Questions and Concerns
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Some athletes wisely devour lots of fruit, believing it to be among the healthiest of food choices. But other athletes mistakenly avoid fruit, seeing it as an evil source of sugar and carbs. When Food is Foe
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Below are just a few tips from sports dietitians and other health professionals who help active people transform their food fears into peaceful fueling.Sports Nutrition Tidbits: Sports Nutrition: A Practice Manual for Professionals.
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Serious athletes might also like to feast on this hard-core book that will answer all sports nutrition questions from A to Z.Exercise and Weight Control: Myths, Truths, and Gender Differences
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I commonly hear marathoners, triathletes and other highly competitive endurance athletes complain “For all the exercise I do, I should be pencil thin.” Missing a Link in your Nutrition?
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Many athletes train hard but fail to fuel their bodies at the right times with the right foods. Sound familiar? You might want to think about getting a nutrition check up with a sports dietitian.Energy Bars: Costly but Convenient
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You can spend a small fortune on these pre-wrapped bundles of energy, thinking they offer magic ingredients-not true. “Energy” simply means “provides calories” and not “will make you feel energetic."Nutrition Books for New Year’s Resolutions
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To help implement your resolutions (or those of your friends and family members), I recommend the following books, most of which are written by nutrition experts: registered dietitians (RD).Holiday Gifts from The Athlete’s Kitchen
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Several recipes including banana bread, carrot raisin muffins and oatmeal pancakes.2005 News From the American Dietetic Association
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At ADA’s annual meeting registered dietitians presented the following information that addresses some of the nutrition questions and concerns of health-conscious exercisers and competitive athletes.
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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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