Nutrition

In my early years as a sports nutritionist, fat was a four-letter word. The mantra Eat fat. get fat scared runners away from consuming any kind of dietary fat. I had to practically beg athletes to include some fat in each meal.
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Professionals In Nutrition for Exercise & Sport (PINES) is an international organization whose mission is to educate athletes around the globe about how to fuel for optimal performance. Each year, PINES members present cutting-edge information at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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Staying healthy is a top priority for every runner (and athlete) who wants to be able to train well, improve their athletic performance, and compete at a high level. But runners get sick and injured. Even if you eat the healthiest diet around, torn ligaments, broken bones, cuts, scrapes, and bruises  happen—to say nothing of colds, Covid, and the flu.
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As a runner, I'm always on the lookout for nutritious and convenient snacks. One of my go-to choices is beef jerky. It's portable, high in protein, and tastes great!
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Running is one of the best sports that, with its benefits, brings great success to everyone who practices it. However, there is a way to raise running to a higher level and make the results much more visible than before.
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Runners get hungry—and feeding hungry runners can get quite expensive.
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Runners are always looking for ways to enhance their performance while optimizing body composition. One emerging solution gaining popularity is peptide therapy. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as signaling molecules in the body, influencing various physiological processes. When used strategically, peptide therapy can significantly enhance a runner's ability to shed excess fat while maintaining muscle mass and improving recovery.
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Many runners feel pressure to have a perfect body, perfect diet, and ideally, perfect races. The stress-inducing trait of perfectionism often pushes runners to not only become stronger and faster, but also leaner and food-phobic. We have seen perfection play out with football phenom Tom Brady. While he is a poster child for the benefits of eating ”perfectly,” he also uses great mental strength to stay focused on his goals without getting side-tracked by comparisons.
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If you are like me, you were enthralled with watching the Tour de France and the Paris Olympics. I find myself wondering about the strategies those high-performing athletes use to fuel their bodies before, during, and after extremely hard training sessions/competitions.
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The American College of Sports is a professional organization for sport science researchers, educators, exercise physiologists, sports dietitians and doctors. At ACSM's Annual Meeting, more than 4,500 members  from around the globe presented their latest research.
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