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How Athletes With Diabetes Can Follow a Performance Diet
Many athletes with diabetes are cautious about exercise, fearing a drop in their blood sugars. However, by eating properly and monitoring your portions, you will be able to maintain sufficient [...]
Best Protein Choices
Choose wisely when it comes to protein. Sources that are high in fat, like red meat, dark meat poultry and anything that’s heavily processed inhibit the muscles’ ability to respond [...]
Promote Muscle Growth…By Eating Apples?
The old adage, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” isn’t only applicable to a healthy immune system. According to a new study from the University of Iowa, eating [...]
Energize Your Body
Athletes seek to gain performance advantages over their competition by using two common energy sources, caffeine and carbohydrate. Which one is the better choice?A recent Gatorade study found that 200 [...]
Nutrition Plan for Volleyball
Your training plan involves intense, short-burst workouts and drills. Focusing your fueling on these four tips will make for successful training sessions. Tip 1: Start the night before. Prepare for [...]
Pre-Activity Snacks
Instead of heading to practice on an empty stomach, pack and snack so you’re fueled and ready for action. Here, sports nutritionist Amy Jamieson-Petonic serves up some tasty advice for [...]
Cutting Fat with Deron Williams
Learn how eating the right foods at the right times helped Deron Williams transform his body and make it into the NBA. After leading the Fighting Illini to the 2005 [...]
Classifying Carbohydrates: Refined and Recommended
Despite what no-and low-carb diets prescribe, carbohydrates are an essential source of fuel for the body as well as an aid for organs to perform necessary functions. Read on to [...]