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"Break the Fast" With a Healthy Burrito Breakfast
This is what you’ll get in a Hardee's Loaded Breakfast Burrito: ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, cheese and hash browns. Sounds like a trip to breakfast heaven, but the meal comes [...]
Boost Iron and Build a Better Burger
Pumping iron into your diet is as critical to your performance as pumping iron in the weight room. This athlete-essential mineral carries oxygen from the lungs to the cells and muscles, [...]
Summer Daily Nutrition Plan
With summer finally here, realize this: your break is from school, not training. And your eating habits need to be in tune with all the hard workouts you’ll be doing. [...]
Pick & Pass: Burrito Bowls
Eliminating the tortilla from your burrito isn't license to build a massive bowl. Be savvy about your selection before building your next one. Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl (with rice, black [...]
Top 5 Fast-Food Breakfasts to Boost Performance
Waking up early enough to eat a healthy breakfast may sound like a drag, but doing so can make a huge difference in how you function, both physically and mentally, [...]
Pick & Pass: Eat Pizza But Still Cut Fat
Not all foods are created equal, especially if you're an athlete. If you eat a cream-filled donut before a workout, you won't perform as well as if you had eaten [...]
How to Build a "Man Power" Salad
When you hear someone say, “I’ll just have a salad,” you might assume that person isn’t eating much for his or her meal. But according to research by the American [...]
Top 10 Muscle-Building Foods
Thousands of athletes across the country spend hours every day putting in the grueling physical labor necessary to catapult themselves onto the national stage. But when it comes to the [...]
Made-to-Order Restaurant Eating: Hold the Fat
Restaurant and fast food menus are usually loaded with high-fat, calorie-rich foods and meals. Heavy creams and sauces, mile-high toppings and supersized portions can do mad damage to your body. [...]
Decoding a Nutrition Label
A food's nutrition label might seem like a maze of information. "Total fat," "serving size" and "dietary fiber"—what exactly do these terms mean? And how do they affect you as [...]
