How to Eliminate Boredom from Healthy Eating
Your not alone if the idea of healthy eating conjures of images of celery sticks, canned tuna, and low fat cottage cheese. It may even bring to mind feelings of deprivation as you force yourself to eat a bland low fat diet. I know because for years I felt this way. I...
How to Get Your Teenage Runner to Eat Better: 5 Simple Tips
Over the weekend I spoke to a group of teenage triathletes about nutrition. While I was preparing what to share with them I couldn’t help but wonder if they would even be interested in nutrition. I knew that these kids were serious competitors much like myself...
8 Grain Free High-Carb Foods for Runners
Last summer when I made the decision to go grain free as part of healing my lymphocytic colitis, I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. Not skeptical that eating a grain free diet would help my colitis, but I was not sure that I would be able to successfully increase...
The truth about fat: What a runner should know
Back when I used to religiously follow a low fat diet, it was not uncommon for me to be out on a run and “fall out” as I called it. I would suddenly feel lethargic and light headed. Sometimes everything seemed really bright and I could hardly see. And I...