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As a tasty snack that supports my athletic goals, thanks! I spend significant amounts of my face to face time with athletes talking about food, as you might expect.  Mostly I talk about protein and vegetables and fruit, but snacks are another common topic.  Here I discuss one of my…

A vegetarian diet can be healthy, but education is essential for those nutrients that require special attention.  I often meet with a female teenage athlete and learn that she’s a vegetarian. It’s less common in middle-aged and older athletes and in men, in my experience, but I get those too. Sometimes…

Teen athlete weight loss is complex.  There are so many reasons why someone might not have the ideal body composition for their sport: genetics, epigenetics, gut microbiota, circadian rhythms, relationship to food, coping skills, environment, stress, access to food, and dozens more.  It’s even more complex when you’re talking about…

Do you have questions about staying hydrated as the temperatures cool?  Find your answers here!  I get a lot of questions on hydration, usually in the summer when it’s hot and the effects of dehydration are obvious.  Now the temperature is dropping and we’re not dripping with sweat every time…

Avoid common weight loss pitfalls with optimal weight loss timing and following a few simple meal timing rules. Almost no one is satisfied with their body weight, and athletes are no exception.  They’re looking for weight loss!  They want to lose body fat OR gain muscle OR do both while…

Can you lose weight & boost sports performance when food is there ALL the time? Food is present everywhere we go.  It’s very common for an athlete to ask me if they can possibly drop some pounds with all that tasty goodness staring them in the face!  Turns out, the…