vitamins
Fruit That Cools You Down During the Summer
When your body’s built-in thermostat—in your hypothalamus—senses your core temperature is over 98.6° F, you sweat. As each drop of moisture evaporates, it cools you. Since spicy foods raise your [...]
6 Vitamins and Minerals Every Athlete Needs to Know
A lot of our sports nutrition articles surface around the importance of carbs, protein and fat, and how to balance meals accordingly. Paying attention...
Salad Showdown: Which Greens Are the Healthiest?
Healthy Salad Whenever we think of salads we might associate them with the healthiest choice for dining out or the perfect lunch option when we are...
How a Software Entrepreneur Stopped Eating Food
Too busy to eat? Or too busy to eat healthy? Read on. Those of us over a certain age remember the movie Soylent Green (1973), a dystopian sci-fi nightmare set [...]
Taco Bell Discloses Its ‘Mystery Meat’ Ingredients
Head to Taco Bell and you’re likely to munch on a burrito (or crunchwrap, or quesadilla, or Mexican pizza, or…), loaded with what you might refer to as a beef-like [...]
Fuel Your Performance With Salad: Here’s How
Photo: Elanaspantry When you think of a post workout meal, your first thought is not a salad because it is seen as a light meal. However, with the right...
Flu-Fighting Vitamins and Minerals
The top vitamins and minerals for keeping your immune system performing at its peak are vitamins C, E, B6, A, D, folic acid, iron, selenium, and zinc. Don’t overdo it—especially [...]
6 Foods Every CrossFit Athlete Should Have in the Kitchen
Your workouts will only be as effective as the fuel you choose to power them with, and getting through a CrossFit workout is no easy task. Any advantage you can [...]
4 Powerfully Healthy Green Foods For St. Patrick’s Day and Beyond
Top 5 Foods for Athletes to "Go Green" for St. Patrick's Day Amy Jamieson-Petonic, MEd, RD, CSSD, LD, St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays....
Too Much Vitamin C Hampers Endurance Athletes
Too much of a good thing is not good for you. That's what researchers at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences concluded following a study of how supplementation with vitamins [...]