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Fuel your performance and overall health with the addition of some leafy greens in your diet! Be Sure to Get Your Leafy Greens! All vegetables provide essential vitamins and nutrients to improve your overall health. Though it is recommended that you “eat the rainbow” with all colorful vegetables, leafy greens…

Written by: Katie Gross, Dietetic Intern Nutritional Demands For Tennis Players Tennis requires athletes to utilize a plethora of different skills including endurance, agility, power and repeated energy bursts. Tennis players use both anaerobic and aerobic energy systems to fuel themselves during their matches and throughout their entire competition day….

Information and action tips for those dealing with body image concerns in athletes of all ages. The last couple of years have been rough. I’ve had sooo many calls from parents and high school and travel team coaches for body image and eating disorder resources. Young athletes of all genders…

Tired of that sickly sweet taste that builds up after drinking many sports drinks? You’re not alone! Sometimes you just need other sodium sources so you can switch up those drinks and live to train another day. A couple of weeks ago I had a triathlon coach ask for recommendations…

There are dozens of options! How do you know which one to try?! What is a sports drink? TLDR: A sports drink is designed to be consumed during exercise lasting 90 minutes or longer. Anything up to 60-75 minutes and you’re probably good with water. The only caveats here are…

Learn what carbohydrates to eat, when and why to take your game to the next level! It’s extremely common for athletes to come to me with issues of general fatigue, low energy on tough workouts, poor recovery from training, and general confusion about what to eat when. The biggest area…