Tag: Diet
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Fueling Track Athletes: Nutrition for Performance

As a former restauranteur and award winning Chef, turned track coach, I feel that I can confidently give my athletes nutrition advice. What I found out in over 30 years of coaching, with nearly a decade at the Collegiate level: in reality is is simple: eat enough and soon after workouts and you will reap…
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Understanding Carbo-Loading for Race Day Success

When you think about preparing for a big race, you probably picture clocking miles, fine-tuning your running form, and maybe obsessing over which shoes will make you feel most like a cheetah. But there’s one critical part of race prep that doesn’t involve hitting the pavement: carbo-loading. That’s right, strategically consuming carbohydrates is like…
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Eating Against Colon Cancer

As we just left March, colon cancer awareness month, once again I will reiterate that diet has a large impact on colon health. As some of you know, I am a stage 4 colon cancer survivor. I do not know if diet was the reason n for my cancer, but I know that it will…

