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Why Healthy Snacks Help Athletes Maintain Weight and Perform Better
Snacking is often associated with junk food, late night eating and excessive amounts of calories. However, if you select the right foods, snacks can help keep your blood sugars stable, [...]
Broccoli or Big Macs? How Collegiate Athletes Can Eat Healthy
Among all college students, athletes should be especially interested in eating healthy. This is because they burn so many calories through practice, conditioning, lifting and games; and in order to [...]
7 Healthiest Fast Food Breakfast Options
As a student athlete, you barely make it to school on time, let alone prepare a healthy three-course breakfast. Unfortunately, if you decide to skip breakfast, you’ll suffer the consequences. When [...]
The Perfect Post-Workout Pasta Recipe
Regardless of whether it's after a workout, practice or game, your body needs to replenish with carbohydrates, protein and healthy fats to recover and provide long-term energy reserves. Sometimes the [...]
10-Minute Dinners: 8 Healthy Recipes for Athletes
After “healthy” and “delicious,” my two favorite words describing any meal are “simple” and “fast.” We’d all have healthier eating habits if we spent our weekends planning, chopping and cooking, [...]
Fuel Your Performance: Game-Day Meal Plan for Basketball Players
Basketball athletes know that their season is long and physically demanding. But many players don't know how to balance and time their meals throughout the day, particularly during a tournament [...]
Eat Healthy On the Road: Fast Food Meals For Under $10
A stellar performance in a hard fought away game leaves you starving, and it's natural to want to fuel up before the ride home. Or you're away at a weekend [...]
Learn Portion Control
For Meals Protein = Hockey Puck Stick to a three-ounce serving of meat, fish or poultry. It should take up approximately a quarter of your plate. Veggies = Baseball A one-cup serving [...]
7 Ways Your Salad Is Making You Fat
Salad always sounds like a healthy choice, but it's not a sure thing. There are tons of ways to screw up a salad. Adding fried chicken or creamy dressing, for [...]
An Authentic Italian Diet for Athletes
Italian food is hugely popular the night before games. It provides the nutrients and energy needed to fuel performance. However, the benefits of an Italian diet go well beyond the [...]
