Avocado
7 Healthiest Fast Food Breakfast Options
As a student athlete, you barely make it to school on time, let alone prepare a healthy three-course breakfast. Unfortunately, if you decide to skip breakfast, you’ll suffer the consequences. When [...]
Eating for Performance: Low-Carb Shrimp Avocado Wraps
Cooking dinner tonight? Make this easy, nutrient-packed, low-carb dish that's sure to be a taste winner with you and your dining partners, while helping you to achieve your sports performance [...]
Upgrade Your Salsa
Salsa is one of those nutritious foods that everyone seems to love. Several years ago, I read somewhere that salsa had replaced ketchup as the most-used condiment. Homemade is best [...]
Gary Roberts' Diet for Elite Hockey Players
Gone are the days of pigging out all summer, then showing up at training camp and playing your way back into shape. Today's elite hockey players must commit to honing [...]
Make Yourself the Ultimate Veggie Man or Woman
Are you ready for this? I'm making myself the ultimate Veggie Man, going vegetarian with a diet of vegetables, eggs and no grains. For 30 days, I'll technically be called [...]
Pro Plates: Dinner
Ending the day with a well-balanced meal ensures that your body will have the nutrients you need to perform or recover. NBA superstar Dwight Howard knows how a good, healthy dinner positively affects his performance, whether [...]
Real Athletes Eat Fat
Most athletes know about the downside of consuming fat. Eat too much, and you put yourself at risk for heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and cancer. However, it’s important to remember [...]
Foods to Boost Your Immune System
It's frustrating to train for a big race or make it past the first round of the playoffs, then suddenly become ill. Athletes are at high risk for colds and [...]
Subway and Ndamukong Suh Kick Off the "Summer of the Superfood"
To kick off its “Summer of the Superfood,” Subway recently hosted a football training camp in Los Angeles, run by Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and celebrity fitness trainer Harley [...]
Athlete Superfood Series A-Z: Avocado
We recently discussed the importance of including healthy fats in your diet. A super easy way to satisfy that recommendation is by incorporating the ultra-nutritious avocado into your meal plan. [...]