Getting your nutrition from a convenience store: Ideas for meals and snacks in a pinch
Let’s face it, sometimes our meal and snack choices are severely limited by what’s accessible. Most folks have taken a trip at some point...
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Apr 2, 20154 min read
The groceries in one RDs kitchen
Ever wonder what an RD keeps in her kitchen? This week I’m sharing an example of the items our house typically keeps stocked, both in the...
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Apr 2, 20153 min read
Fueling series part #3: Recovery fueling after a workout
This is the final post in a series of three focusing on how to fuel around a workout. Now that we’ve taken a look at how to fuel before...
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Apr 2, 20152 min read
The weight we should really try to lose
Not too long ago Special K ran a commercial which involved people stepping on a scale that revealed to them not their weight but rather ...
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Apr 2, 20155 min read
Fueling series part #2: Fueling during a workout
This is the second post in a series of three focusing on how to fuel around a workout. Last week I talked about pre-workout fueling –...
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Feb 16, 20155 min read
Fueling series part #1: Pre-workout fueling
Trying to figure out how to fuel surrounding workouts can sometimes feel like falling down the rabbit hole: just when you think you’ve...
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Feb 9, 20152 min read
5 ways to work in avocado
In case you haven’t heard, fat isn’t a four-letter word. In fact, fats are an irreplaceable part of a balanced diet. They provide: 1) ...
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Feb 8, 20152 min read
What is normal eating?
We all have some sort of concept of what is normal or typical eating for ourselves. This includes the thoughts that run through our...
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Feb 1, 20153 min read
Which milk should you pick?
This question, which would have seemed fairly simple a decade ago, has turned jaunts through the grocery store dairy aisle for a quick...
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Jan 19, 20152 min read
Sports foods vs regular foods for fueling: Is one better than the other?
Last year at an Ironman I watched someone chomp down a sweet potato coming out of T2. A sweet potato. The interest in using “regular”...
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Jan 19, 20151 min read
Cherry almond recovery smoothie
The purpose of post-workout fueling is to aid recovery and provide an appropriate setting for training adaptations to occur. And to have...
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Jan 16, 20151 min read
10 packable recovery snacks
For many, busy lives make it tough just to be able to get in a workout, let alone endurance athletes hoping to train 10-20 hours per...
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Jan 12, 20153 min read
Athlete digestive ails: Could certain carbs be triggering your gastric troubles?
I remember back to my pre-dietitian, heavy triathlon training days and one of the most memorable things that pops into my mind...
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Dec 26, 20142 min read
Is your fueling plan ready? Why it's time for endurance athletes to start thinking nutrition
For most endurance athletes the winter time is a somewhat dormant or off-season period of training. Some may focus on building a base...
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Dec 22, 20144 min read
You hit a setback: Which path will you take?
Oh, the dreaded setbacks: weight plateaus, having one (or ten) more cookies than intended at a party, following a plan all week only to...
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Dec 2, 20142 min read
Holiday eating: Business or pleasure?
Last weekend during the barrage of football games on TV, and in a post-Thanksgiving dish-washing abstention, our family decided to have...
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Nov 17, 20142 min read
Chocolate milk: The recovery elixir?
It’s been a good year for those brown cows. Churning out chocolate milk to meet the ever-increasing demand for a workout recovery...
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Nov 13, 20141 min read
6 ways to cook butternut squash
Squash are the darlings of the fall and winter season. Chock full of fiber, potassium, Vitamin A, and Vitamin C, butternut squash are a...
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Nov 1, 20142 min read
Nutrition in the off-season
It’s that time of year where endurance athletes are starting to enter the “off-season”. And with a reduction in training comes a...
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Sep 16, 20144 min read
Caffeine: The pros and cons for endurance athletes
The list of possible ergogenic aids for athletic performance is endless (as always, the critical word being “possible”.) One commonly...
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