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High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar: What’s The Difference?
Table sugar is relatively easy to understand. Also known as sucrose, It's sweet and granular, and can come from sugarcane or sugar beets. High fructose...
The Real Role of Lactic Acid in Exercise and Recovery
A long-standing theory about exercise cool-down is that it plays a role in preventing delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by flushing lactic acid from your system. Not only is this [...]
3 Reasons Why You Should Take a Fish Oil Supplement
Athletes and those who train on a consistent basis face the challenges of dealing with joint and muscle soreness, psychological stress, and recovering...
Sports Nutrition for Coaches: What to Tell Your Athletes
How can my athletes gain muscle mass and get stronger? Why are my players losing so much weight? What should my players be eating? These are the three...
Why You Need Dietary Fiber—and Where to Get It
Dietary Fiber We learned recently why carbohydrates are not the enemy and are so important, especially for athletes. One of the main reasons to obtain...
Why Carbs Aren’t the Enemy
Low carb, slow carb, no carb. I have heard it all when it comes to diets and it could not be further from the truth. You see, it is impossible for our...
3 Immunity Boosting Nutrition Tips
Rigorous physical activity weakens the body’s immune function, increasing the risk of infection. Elevate your immunities and avoid getting sick this winter with these eating tips. Carb up Rehydrate with [...]
An Athlete’s Guide to Late-Summer Dehydration
With the summer heat bearing down, athletes should be especially mindful of proper hydration. During strenuous exercise in extreme heat, your body can lose up to two liters of fluid [...]
In-Game Nutrition for Soccer Athletes
"Work it, make it, do it. Make us harder, better, faster, stronger." Is this a supplement ad for athletes or a Kayne West lyric? Readiness is all on the pitch, [...]
Fact or Myth: Is High Fructose Corn Syrup The Worst Sweetener of Them All?
Americans are pretty remarkable. We invented Facebook and Google, we put men on the moon and we have the best colleges and universities in the world. Yet many of us [...]