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Nutritional Needs According to the Demands of Your Sport (Part 1)

Nutritional Needs According to the Demands of Your Sport (Part 1)

| August 14, 2010 | 0 comments
I am often perplexed at some of the popular "mass-appeal-diet-books" that proclaim tasty cuisine with fat burning and muscle preserving qualities. Each dietary approach may have its own merits, but oftentimes they fall short of addressing the needs of athletes. Athletes have specialized needs which include sustained energy release during competition, aggressive fluid and electrolyte replenishment, increased intake of supplements including antioxidants and...
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Nutritional Needs According to the Demands of Your Sport (Part 2)

Nutritional Needs According to the Demands of Your Sport (Part 2)

| August 13, 2010 | 4 comments
Current research suggests that athletes need a more detailed approach at nutrition to reflect the metabolic and physiologic demands of their training or competition.A. Nutrient Strategies for Athletes using the ATP-PC System: Athletes engaged in sports that require ballistic muscular contractions with maximal force production have unique amino acid requirements. In a recent study, competitive sprinters and jumpers completed two sets...
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Categorizing (and then eating) “Superfoods”

Categorizing (and then eating) “Superfoods”

| August 6, 2010 | 6 comments
What exactly is a “superfood”? For those involved in agricultural technology or the biotech industry, the term “superfood” may conjure up images of massive rows of tomatoes and corn that have been bioengineered to be resistant to herbivores, to have longer shelf lives, or to grow in dry climates. Among the natural health, holistic wellness, and organic food communities, superfoods...
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Eat this: Alaskan salmon and “Ocean’s Alive” fish

Eat this: Alaskan salmon and “Ocean’s Alive” fish

| July 22, 2010 | 38 comments
Pratt and Matthews 2004 book “Superfoods” is influential in the performance nutrition space since it illustrates 14 categories of  nutrient dense, restorative, and supercharged foods. Some foods are everyday items, while others are often eschewed by consumers on an average supermarket trip. It is one of a few books that I regularly recommend to my clients. In this section, I...
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