nutrition
January 15, 2017
Nutritional Value: Pay attention to your vegetarian athletes
Be sure the focus is on what they're consuming — not what they're avoiding How many vegetarian student-athletes do you have on the team? Concerned they may not be able to keep up in practice? Will they get injured more often? And what about ea...
February 14, 2016
Nutritional Value: Win with nature’s superfoods
A diet chock full of fruits and vegetables doesn’t guarantee a person will live forever, or even that they won’t succumb to the flu this season. As numerous studies consistently reveal, however, filling up on nature’s health-promoting, disease-...
October 19, 2015
Nutritional Value: Beware of junk science
Excellent news: Chocolate can help people lose weight. As reported last May by major worldwide news outlets, a team of German researchers discovered that people on a low-carb diet lost weight 10 percent faster if they ate a chocolate bar every day. P...
August 13, 2015
Nutritional Value: Fishing for healthy meals
Not all athletes take to water naturally. Nevertheless, no one should miss out on one of its many benefits — mostly fish. A diet rich in fish reduces the risk for heart disease and it also may help to ward off certain types of cancer, inflammato...
June 15, 2015
Nutritional Value: Relative Energy Deficiency in sports
The American College of Sports Medicine issued its first position paper on the Female Athlete Triad in 1997. The Triad was described as a syndrome of serious medical conditions that could occur in females who exercise. It was characterized by three i...
June 1, 2015
Powerline: Fueling for training and competition
Fueling the body and mind helps student-athletes perform optimally in the classroom, the weight room and in competition. Here at Michigan State, our strength/conditioning, sports medicine and sports nutrition staffs work in concert to provide ...
May 11, 2015
A continued looked a vitamins, minerals
Athletes are expected to work hard to reach their athletic goals, and it’s assumed they will stick to the training program and eat right. Nevertheless, to want a winning edge is a common theme among those involved in the pursuit of athletic success...
October 3, 2014
Nutritional Value: A fork in the road
It’s 6 p.m. — do you know what’s for dinner tonight? You’re not alone if you answer with the phone number of your favorite take-out eatery. As of 2014, The National Restaurant Association reports that adults, on average, eat out about five...
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