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Ask the Experts: Why Should I Eat Breakfast?
Q: Why should I eat breakfast? Why is it important? A: When coaches and parents tell you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, they're not joking. [...]
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 [...]
Healthy Recipes to Help Build Muscle
All the time spent strength training has made you a pro at navigating the gym. But finding your way around the kitchen is another story. You've read the articles on [...]
How Athletes with Celiac Disease Can Eat Healthy and Stay Gluten-Free
If you've been diagnosed with celiac disease, you are probably well aware of how stressful and overwhelming it can be to eat healthy and stay gluten-free. Celia disease forces major [...]
How to Eat Healthy and Lose Weight
We know that excess body weight can affect health and athletic performance. Thankfully, you can lose weight with healthy eating—and amp up your game. Although healthy eating is often considered [...]
How to Create the Breakfast of Champion Athletes
If you routinely run out the door without eating breakfast, you’re not only sabotaging the rest of your day, you're sabotaging your season. Athletes who never eat breakfast don't get [...]
Fuel for Success: Add Protein to Your Breakfast
A quality breakfast in the morning lays the foundation for your nutritional intake, providing the energy and nutrients you need to get through the day and perform at your peak [...]
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. [...]
The Truth About Fat
Most popular diets emphasize cutting calories and avoiding fat to lose weight. Such diets may be appropriate for people looking to shed extra pounds. For athletes, however, they can convey [...]
Will an Empty Stomach Affect Your Performance?
The good folks at coreperformance.com (a division of Athletes’ Performance) tackled this question: is it OK to train on an empty stomach? According to AP’s director of performance nutrition, Amanda [...]