Despite being metabolically healthy, some highly trained athletes show glucose or insulin impairments. Learn what this “athlete paradox” means for cardiometabolic health, recovery, adaptation and long-term performance sustainability.
Fitness and Sports Nutrition
Body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating are significant concerns among athletes, especially those competing in aesthetic, endurance, or weight-sensitive sports. While sport participation can improve confidence and body appreciation through skill and physical performance mastery, intense pressures to achieve sport-specific appearance ideals often offset these benefits.
Like many other dietary supplements, herbal supplements (HSs) continue to receive enormous attention from competitive and recreational athletes.
We’re approaching months of preseason training for athletes throughout the country. In all sports, at all levels, preseason brings the intensity and the heat!
It should come as no surprise that alcohol consumption can be detrimental to athletic performance. High calorie counts, dehydration, liver function changes, and altered nutrient absorption are just some of the side effects of alcohol consumption that dietitians are aware of.
The journey of a competitive athlete is a long, rewarding, complex, exhilarating, and commonly soul-crushing experience that often spans decades.
Making sense of dietary supplements (DS) and knowing how and when to recommend them can be a complicated matter for all dietitians.
In late 2022, a project nearly 10 years in the making was finally published in the Journal of Athletic Training.
Due to the clear link between exercise and long-term physical health—as well as cognition and mental health—the Department of Health and Human Services released the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, with input from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the CDC, to recommend adults fit in at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activities.
With the growing popularity of intuitive eating (IE), there’s a greater likelihood that athletes may seek the guidance of sports RDs who are well-versed in IE concepts, especially if they have a history of disordered eating or chronic dieting.