Vegetables are loaded with vitamins and minerals that are crucial for bodily health and growth. The best multivitamins can't come close their overall nutritional power, and even if they could, your body would still make better use of the same nutrients in plant form.
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Importance of Strength Training During the Season
Eating More Fiber Will Help With Athletic Recovery
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Why Should I Care If I Am Flexible?
10 Fears That Keep Us From What We Want
The Two Key Elements for Every Practice
In our busy lives, it’s sometimes tempting to regard merely practicing as a success. We complete the hour and we are happy.... “Mission Accomplished”. But the real goal isn’t practice it is progress. As the legendary basketball coach from UCLA John Wooden said “Never mistake mere activity for accomplishment”.
Is Pressure in Sports a Myth?
Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
What Young Athletes Should Eat
Protein Intake and the Effects of Timing
Do Not Eat This Food After A Workout
Did you know that what you eat directly after exercising – typically within two hours can have a significant impact on the health benefits you reap from exercise? Consuming sugar, fruit juices or refined carbohydrates within this post-exercise window will negatively affect both your insulin sensitivity and your human growth hormone (HGH).
Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency is becoming an epidemic worldwide, not only in geographic regions where sun exposure is limited. Moreover, vitamin D increases the number of type II or fast twitch muscle cells urthermore, vitamin D supplementation in young males with low vitamin D levels increases the percentage of type IIA fibers in muscles, causing an increase in muscular high power output.
3 Questions To Ask Your Athlete About Nutrition
Nine Healthy Grab and Go Breakfast Ideas For Busy Parents and Athletes
4 Key Nutrients That Affect Performance – Are You Getting Enough?
Fat Intake - What You Should Know About Fat Consumption
It's just not fair: Fat got a bad rap decades ago because scientists assumed, based on the misinterpretation of a couple of large studies, that eating foods containing fat would lead directly to obesity and heart disease. Fatty foods were made out to be our sole dietary vice, responsible for raising our cholesterol levels, clogging our arteries, and causing us to get, well, fat.
Protein for the Developing Athlete – The Must-Dos
Traditionally, athletes looking to build muscle have stayed laser-focused on protein. Meanwhile, runners and cyclists focus more on carbs or fat to keep them powered through their respective workouts, often fearing protein will make them bulky and slow. But new research is showing that not only can every athlete improve their performance by consuming protein, but also by consuming way more of it than is commonly recommended.