Beginner Triathlete - Diet & Nutrition articles

The Athlete’s Kitchen by Nancy Clark: Not even the healthiest marathoner or the strongest triathlete among us is bullet proof. Hence, the time to make dietary changes is now.

It is difficult to replace water losses during exercise. The following principles will help prevent dehydration during endurance training and racing.

Wiser athletes treat food as fuel; they knowledgeably fuel before, during and after exercise. They get more out of their workouts and prevent needless fatigue.

Losing fat is not difficult. So why does this continue to be an elusive goal for so many people, who “struggle” just to lose a few inches?

You know what you should eat. Yet you just don’t want to. Yuck—whole wheat bread, bran cereal, oatmeal, skim milk, spinach, fish, fruit for snacks and desserts.

Eating for Endurance: Strategies for Extraordinary Athletes

The promise of ginseng is to fight cancer, lower blood pressure, create more energy and improve athletic performance. Sound a little to good to be true?

As an athlete who shows responsibility by training hard, you'll miss the boat if you are irresponsible with fueling your hard worked body.

In this day and age of energy bars, protein powders and weight gain shakes, many athletes forget about “real" foods such as peanut butter. Peanut butter is perhaps the best sport food around.

Thoughts on low carbohydrate diets in conjuntion with triathlon training.

What happens in your body when you eat, fast or workout?

Shocking stats, laws of thermodynamics and rhetoric.

How to eat for a mass-building weight program