By: Brigitte Coburn
Ponte Vedra High School
Over the last year, I slowly started eating worse and worse and exercising less and less. My typical daily food intake for the summer of ’08 was a bagel sandwich for breakfast, chicken wings and fries for lunch, a bag of chips for a snack and topped off with a [...]
By Gus Ornstein
Being an athlete these days means doing everything you possibly can to give yourself a chance to be successful. This is true now more than ever due to all of the information that is out there and all of the specialty coaches and trainers. What I have learned over and over again through [...]
Any of us that have had an early game or workout know that it is often difficult to decide what to eat and when to eat before a contest like that. Experts will all tell us that in order to get the most out of your body you want to eat 3-4 hours before the [...]
One of the most difficult things as an athlete is determining what your caloric intake should be. There are so many factors that can go into the calorie equation and everywhere you turn someone is telling you something different. Luckily sports nutritionist Dr. Susan Kleiner has tackled this issue first hand for sportsgist.com and has [...]
Renowned sports nutritionist Susan Kleiner joined sportsgist.com in her regular scheduled podcast and this week covered, among other topics the plan that an athlete should have at half time. All athletes that play team sports have faced that challenge at halftime and that decision of whether or not it is better to grab some food [...]
by Susan M. Kleiner, PhD, RD, FACN, CNS, FISSN
Proteins, carbs, vitamins, minerals, water, and fats. Of the 6 primary classes of nutrients, which is the most critical for growth, muscle development, and health? If you guessed water, you’re right!
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
It is hard to say enough good things about water. Water is the most abundant [...]
by Susan M. Kleiner, PhD, RD, FACN, CNS, FISSN
You’ve decided to make the switch to some style of a vegetarian diet. Will your exercise performance suffer? What about your energy levels? Can you still develop body-firming muscle even though you’re not eating animal protein?
Put your fears aside. Vegetarian diets are typically rich in carbohydrates, [...]
