vitamins
Kait’s Meal of the Month: Crock Pot Beef Stew
Editor's Note: Tired of hearing why it's important to eat healthy and what your diet should consist of? If you're a STACK reader, you know by now that certain foods [...]
Are Pre-Workout Supplements Right For You?
Need extra fuel in your tank to power your workout? Several supplements say they can help, but one size doesn’t fit all. What’s right for you—if anything is right for [...]
The Low-Stress Diet Game Plan
To keep your stress levels in check, start with a great offense by consuming small, frequent meals. Then amp up your defense by following three key principles. Dump simple carbs [...]
Natural Food and Beverage Choices for Athletes
In athletics, speed is key. But when it comes to nutrition, athletes who rely excessively on "quick" meals and beverages—e.g., fast food, energy bars and protein shakes—are way off key. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Post-Workout Breakfast Muscle-Building Shakes
Like the negative stat of an incomplete pass in football, if you skip a post-workout meal after an intense training session, the workout is incomplete. Unfortunately, high school athletes commonly [...]
How Athletes Should Supplement Their Diets
As a strength and conditioning professional, I'm not a big supplement advocate. I advise most of the athletes I train to get their nutrition through whole foods. But let's be [...]
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 [...]
Homemade Trail Mix: The Ideal Grab-N-Go Snack
On-the-go athletes can have difficulty finding healthy snacks. Since they should eat every few hours, having options is critical if you want to stick to this plan. Homemade trail mix [...]