If you’re a hard-training athlete who is even a bit curious about dietary supplements, it is likely that antioxidants (e.g. vitamin C, vitamin E, polyphenols, etc.) are something you may have wondered about. The logic …
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Imagine your perfect race. You’ve trained hard and went to sleep early for all those months. You have your Roka wetsuit, Zipp wheels, and a bike that is the triathlon-equivalent to the Batmobile. A beautiful …
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2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run. While doing a race like this would sound like a terrible idea to 99% of people, as a sports dietitian I work mainly with the 1% …
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Nutrition needs for athletes are greatly affected by things like temperature, humidity, altitude, and the length of the workout or race, as well as by the amount of time spent acclimating in a new environment. …
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“I’ll just eat when I’m hungry and drink when I’m thirsty.” This is the approach that many endurance athletes, at all levels, take with their fueling. While it may seem sensible at first, there …
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People often say that fat is your body’s preferred fuel source for endurance sports. This has led to somewhat of an obsession among cyclists, runners, and triathletes to work on improving their fat-burning ability by …
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This is the second installment of a series on how strategic manipulation of your carbohydrate intake can lead to better training adaptations, and in turn better performance. If you haven’t seen it yet, I would …
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Among the most interesting, exciting, and perhaps groundbreaking areas of sports nutrition over the past ten years or so has been the research looking at the strategic manipulation of carbohydrate intakes in order to maximize both …
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Many aspects of sports nutrition are the same for both males and females, but there are a few key differences that every athlete, coach, and health practitioner should be aware of. For example, ideal exercise …
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Spending the day at a college tennis tournament reminded me not only how much of an effect the right choices can have on how we feel (and play) in the heat, but also how many …
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