16 results for tag: Nutrition
You've probably seen the term GMO nearly everywhere from internet debates to the news to grocery stores. It stands for "genetically modified organism." It is generally understood to be an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA (genetic material) has been altered using specific genetic engineering techniques. (This is how I will ...
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Many people have heard of anorexia and bulimia, maybe even binge eating disorder. However, did you know there is another eating disorder that impacts athletes? It’s called RED-S, short for relative energy deficiency in sport. It was originally known as the female athlete triad, however, it is now recognized that people of all ...
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Veggies are an important source of vitamins, minerals, and other antioxidant nutrients for all humans. As we've learned in school as well as in life, these nutrients are essential to ensure that our bodies and minds stay happy and healthy. This rings especially true for endurance athletes. The above-mentioned compounds are key ...
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Most of us view “runner” as an essential part of our identity. It’s not just something we do. We live, breathe, eat, and sleep for our sport. From giving up Friday happy hour so that we can nail our Saturday long run to early pre-work speed sessions, we make sacrifices for our sport. Often, our social lives revolve around ...
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Nutrition science is fairly simple. Eat lots of veggies. Eat a wide variety of foods. Prepare your own food whenever you can. Eat consistently throughout the day. However, there’s so much information and misinformation out there, it’s easy to get lost, confused, or forget what you already know. These basics can help get you ...
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The off-season can be the perfect time to establish habits that will take you into your next training block healthy. Maybe you want to focus on sleep or additional strength training. Maybe you want to dial in your
nutrition. And that’s where a registered dietitian
nutritionist, a sports RDN, comes in.
Written by Becca ...
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Off-season
nutrition can be a tough nut to crack—but it doesn't have to be! Let our
nutritionist Becca Blumberg walk you through it step by step.
Written by Becca Blumberg, edited by Pavlína Marek
The off-season is here and many athletes wonder how their day-to-day eating habits should change. There are many ways in ...
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A run across the whole of the United States is a difficult affair to plan to say the least and it’s to be expected that some plans may have to change. That is the case for the June 5 through June 11 portion of Mike’s planned route.
Those who are planning to join and support Mike during this time should consult the ...
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There’s a good reason to ramp up your outdoor runs during the summer — the mild weather, the longer daylight hours and yes, the amount of fresh produce at peak season. We could fight over Slack channels and emails about why that Masumoto peach is really the star of the season, or why heirloom tomatoes are clearly superior. ...
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Does consuming calories during a marathon improve performance? Physiology’s answer is no.
Facts:
2,000 calories of carbohydrate (glucose in glycogen) are stored in the body (1,600 calories in muscle, and 400 calories in liver).
110,000 calories of fat (3 fatty acids in triglycerides, released by Lipase) are stored in ...
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