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Jun
26
2009

My Health Makeover

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 [...]

Jul
8
2008

GAME DAY MEAL

by Susan M. Kleiner, PhD, RD, FACN, CNS, FISSN
“What and when you eat, day in and day out, will determine your body’s ability to recover, repair and grow. To really put your food to work for you, timing and combining of foods, meals and supplements will maximize mental and physical training and recovery.” …Dr. [...]

Jun
25
2008

Vegetarian Diets: Perfect Prescription for Athletes

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, [...]