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The ABC’s of Sports Nutrition

Believe it or not, eating a good sports diet can be simple. Yet too many runners have created a complex and confusing eating program with good and bad foods, lots of rules, and plenty of guilt.
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How Peptide Therapy Can Boost Your Performance as a Runner Focused on Fat Loss

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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Fretting about Food and Physique

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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How to Eat Like the Champions

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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Sports Nutrition: Hot Topics

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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The Runner’s Diet: Seasonal Eating Tips for Peak Performance in Colorado’s Changing Climates

Colorado is a state with an invigorating climate, with the summers being hotter during the day and cooler in the evenings, while winters are usually dry. The diverse topography of the region makes the temperatures go up and down throughout the day, irrespective of the climate. If you’re a runner, you need to include healthy and seasonal friendly diet options in your meals to hit the peak performance mark and stay on track.
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Seven Reasons Why Women Should Take Probiotics

Did you know that women's gut health needs differ from men's? Well, when it comes to health, men and women need different treatments. However, when it comes to dealing with probiotics, women's intake will be different as well.
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Nutrition News: Ultra-Processed Foods and Athletes

At the 2023 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (ACSM; acsm.org), more than 3,000 sports medicine professionals and researchers from around the globe gathered to share knowledge. Several sports nutrition presentations offered updates that might be of interest you.
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How Proper Nutrition Can Boost Your Running Performance

As far as runners’ diets go, everyone seems to have an opinion. However, this view is frequently predicated on what we may refer to as n=1, which is a single runner’s unique eating experience or oversimplified science that only takes into account refueling and recuperation.
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Nutrition News: Body Composition

At the 2023 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (ACSM; acsm.org), more than 3,000 sports medicine professionals and researchers from around the globe gathered to share knowledge. Several sports nutrition presentations offered updates that might be of interest you.
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