Beginner Triathlete - Diet & Nutrition articles

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)

Although you can receive all of your vitamins and minerals through foods eaten in the diet, nutritional products used for training may not allow you to meet recommendations on a daily basis.

In spite of blaming metabolism for your body type or holding your genetics at fault, anyone can lose weight.

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.

Eating more on hard days and less on lighter days. When do we need to consume calories before workouts to keep us fueled?

Below are just a few tips from sports dietitians and other health professionals who help active people transform their food fears into peaceful fueling.

Far too many people are looking for quick body composition fixes, easy exercise programs and anything to keep their eating habits (and waistlines) under control.

There are tons of great diets out there for people who eat meat, but I can’t find anything for vegetarians. I also find that when I eat healthy, I am hungry all the time.

This article will cover the basics on the nutritional needs of athletes and will include some standard recommendations from neutral bodies.

I feel that I need to be eating more calories since I am working out so much, but anytime I push my caloric intake up at all, my weight goes up.

Serious athletes might also like to feast on this hard-core book that will answer all sports nutrition questions from A to Z.

I commonly hear marathoners, triathletes and other highly competitive endurance athletes complain “For all the exercise I do, I should be pencil thin.”

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.

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."

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).