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July is Berry Month! Berries, those tasty nuggets of nutrition, provide benefits fresh or frozen (skip the pie filling). Besides the usual ones available in stores, farm stands often have additional types that can provide new flavors. Some are weeds; mulberries, I’m looking at you! What is a berry? From…

Does the Mediterranean Diet support your sports performance goals? What is the Mediterranean Diet? The Mediterranean Diet consists of traditional foods eaten in countries that surround the Mediterranean Sea. It’s also more than just a diet, it’s a lifestyle that includes meals with friends and family and red wine with…

Adjust your training and nutrition to get the results you want! Do you notice that your menstrual cycle affects your workouts, hunger and sleep?  Do you coach people with periods or live with someone with a menstrual cycle? Then this post is for you. The struggles are real, because the changing…

Yes! Easily meet your needs with a well-crafted strategy! We’ve all been there. We don’t have a nutrition plan for endurance events! We sign up for an endurance event, train hard for months, even travel across the country or the world for this event, and then crash and crash hard…

Understanding our process will improve your experience and we’ll be more successful in our time together! Curious about how I get from a phone call to a list of sport-specific guidelines and some meal recommendations? Here’s an overview of the Nutrition HeartBeat process for working with a new athlete as…

Who, what, when, where, and why an athlete should – or shouldn’t – snack! You’ve got a workout coming up and you’re hungry. Should you have a snack?  It depends on the type of workout, how soon it starts, and the goal of the snack! Who should eat snacks If the…