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The Ultimate Pre-Game Fueling Menu
As an athlete, you should aim to eat at least three to four hours before competition. This helps you fill up your glycogen stores—which your body uses for energy—without making [...]
Healthy Choices at Italian Restaurants
Coming from a big Italian family, I know how big a role food plays during the holidays and traditional family gatherings. There's something comforting about the essence and togetherness of [...]
What’s Better: Whole Wheat or Whole Grain?
Being a healthy consumer is becoming increasing difficult, because the food industry keeps pushing more products as "nutritious," "low-fat," "heart healthy," and "all-natural." Take bread for example. It's tough to [...]
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 [...]
Eat Healthy On the Road: Fast Food Meals For Under $10
A stellar performance in a hard fought away game leaves you starving, and it's natural to want to fuel up before the ride home. Or you're away at a weekend [...]
The Athlete’s Plan for the Paleo Diet
It's been dubbed "the perfect new diet," but the Paleo diet has been around for centuries. It's called the caveman diet, because it mimics what our prehistoric ancestors ate: fish, [...]
The Athlete's Plan for the Paleo Diet
It's been dubbed "the perfect new diet," but the Paleo diet has been around for centuries. It's called the caveman diet, because it mimics what our prehistoric ancestors ate: fish, [...]
"Fries With That Cold, Raw Steak?" Lessons from the Rêve Tour
Rêve 2012's Kate Powlison, Kristen Peterson, Heidi Swift, Jennifer Cree, Kym Fant and Maria del Pilar Vazquez are some pretty amazing female athletes. As STACK reported earlier, these women made Tour de France history as [...]
Key Nutrients for Athletes
The Power of Protein Protein is a combination of 20 amino acids that the body uses to rebuild and regenerate muscle. Whey protein makes up 20 percent of the protein found in milk, and because [...]
Eating To Get Lean and Build Muscle: "The Chris Diet"
Eating healthy is simple and straightforward. Good nutrition basics include eating breakfast within an hour of waking up; grazing throughout the day, eating every two to three hours; drinking 8 [...]