Natural Injury Treatment & Prevention for the Athlete Within
These articles discuss various athlete diet tips, athletic health and fitness, and dietary supplements. Learn about dietary influence on the health and fitness of an athlete. A healthy diet is imperative in order for an athlete to develop and maintain a high level of fitness. Many athletes take unnecessary supplements and/or eat foods that are highly processed and loaded with artificial ingredients - all which have an impact on health, fitness, and performance. Eating the right foods and taking the proper nutritional supplements, when necessary, can speed recovery, reduce and eliminate pain, and help an athlete get to the next level of fitness.
So you wanna be a vegan – what the hell is wrong with you? Settle down vegans, I’m only kidding, (well partially), I know how easy it is to rile you guys up. It may be the protein deficiency and blood sugar instability that sets you all off so easily. Ok kidding aside, I’m not [...]
Ah Valentine’s Day and we get to hear all about how chocolate is so good for us – it’s loaded with healthy antioxidants and is the nectar of the gods. Well, actually those who were once sacrificed to the gods were given chocolate mixed in blood before their hearts were ripped out, but I digress. [...]
Hopefully you’re going to stay active this winter and not hibernate indoors. Even if you’re outside often, most likely due to your location and clothing you’re not going to be exposed to UVB rays from the Sun, and therefore you will not produce any vitamin D. The time of day, season, altitude, latitude, and many [...]
Joint and tissue health is an important topic among many people, especially athletes. Supplements such as glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, and other products are often taken when there is joint pain or degeneration, in hopes that a cure can be found in a bottle. Sometimes these substances work and sometimes they don’t. Some research says they [...]
Paleo-type diets have become increasingly popular over the recent years. For athletes, a Paleo diet can provide optimal use of the fatty acid metabolic pathways. As your body becomes more and more accustomed to a reduced carbohydrate intake, intra-muscular triglycerides stores will increase along with increased efficiency of stored fat breakdown. Liver, blood and muscle [...]
Being outside has both advantages and risks whether you’re training hard or chilling out by the pool. The sun is one factor that can be beneficial to the athlete as well as detrimental. As summer approaches we are bombarded with information that the sun kills thousands of people each year as it is viewed as [...]
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is often cited as an obesity and diabetes-causing food product, giving any athlete concerned about his or her heath and performance a reason to think twice before consuming the sweetness. But then there is research that fructose actually helps performance and regular exercise and consequent high daily energy expenditure may [...]
Could your energy bar, fluid replacement drink, or post-workout recovery meal ultimately be hindering your performance? It’s very likely due to the many artificial processed ingredients out there. Many foods athletes consume contain the infamous MSG. We all know that person who can’t eat Chinese food because they’ll get a headache from the MSG. Maybe [...]
Carbohydrate intolerance/insulin resistance are terms often used interchangeably because they usually go hand-in-hand. These conditions can significantly affect the health and fitness of any runner, cyclist, or triathlete. Excess carb intake, or not metabolizing carbs very well, will result in weight gain, (or the inability to lose weight), aerobic metabolism problems, and inflammation leading to [...]
One food item that every athlete should avoid is trans fats. They are not beneficial in any form and they are not necessary for any reason biochemically. Avoidance of these fats is the one thing that anybody can do and it has the most widespread benefits. You’ll recover faster from your workouts or racing. You’ll [...]
