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Sports Nutrition: Caffeine and Carbs

The American College of Sports is a professional organization for sport science researchers, educators, exercise physiologists, sports dietitians and doctors. At ACSM's Annual Meeting more than 4,500 members from around the globe presented…
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Undereating & Overtraining: A Dangerous Duo

Most runners want to perform at their best. They train hard and fuel up/refuel in a manner that supports their desired physique. Despite their best efforts, they sometimes end up disappointed. They then start to train harder and restrict…
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Chocolate and Runners

Most runners love chocolate in any form: candy bars, chocolate chip cookies, squares of dark chocolate. Over 60% of all US candy sales are chocolate-based. But how good—or bad—is chocolate for our health? Is it as health-promoting as we…
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Fretting about Food and Physique

Many runners feel pressure to have a perfect body, perfect diet, and ideally, perfect races. The stress-inducing trait of perfectionism often pushes runners to not only become stronger and faster, but also leaner and food-phobic. We have…
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How to Eat Like the Champions

If you are like me, you were enthralled with watching the Tour de France and the Paris Olympics. I find myself wondering about the strategies those high-performing athletes use to fuel their bodies before, during, and after extremely hard…
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Sports Nutrition: Hot Topics

The American College of Sports is a professional organization for sport science researchers, educators, exercise physiologists, sports dietitians and doctors. At ACSM's Annual Meeting, more than 4,500 members  from around the globe…
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