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The Definitive Guide to the Ketogenic Diet
The ketogentic diet is all about one thing: fat. By eating almost nothing else, your body shifts fuel sources from glucose to fat-generated ketone bodies, says Dominic D’Agostino, an associate...
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Everything You Need to Know About Sports Drinks
When it comes to choosing sports drinks, the debate is hot and heavy. Options abound, from electrolyte-charged powders and tablets to bottled alternatives ranging from sugar-filled to calorie-free....
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Collagen Supplements Aren't Doing You Any Good
We’re not talking about collagen in beauty products. We’re talking about the structural protein that provides support to tendons, ligaments, and fascia—and supposedly helps prevent injuries with long...
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I Ate Like Tom Brady for a Week
Tom Brady is a fierce athlete. Many speculate that the secret to his longevity and nearly unchallenged dominance in the league lies in how he eats—or, rather, what he doesn’t. According to his personal...
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7 Nutrition Experts on Their Favorite Cookbooks
Healthy eating can be a total drag. When you’ve cycled through your roster of recipes and feel like you’ve had quinoa and fish on repeat, it’s easy to get into a rut and turn to takeout to liven things...
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10 New Snacks to Beat Afternoon Energy Slumps
When afternoon hunger pangs hit, ignoring your secret snack drawer is nearly impossible. But thanks to a wave of nutritious new products, snacks between meals don’t have to set back your healthy...
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The Definitive Ranking of Clif's Nut Butter Bars
We’re no strangers to on-the-go fueling and the laundry list of products that fall into that category. In our office is an ever-rotating roster of bars, gels, chews, and powders that we’ve been asked...
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Why Athletes Should Eat Local
Athletes constantly think about food—not just what they eat but also where that food comes from. Although eating local—consuming products grown within 50 to 100 miles of where they’re purchased—has...
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Today's Paleo Diet Looks Nothing Like What Cavemen Used to Eat
Followers of the paleo philosophy claim to draw their nutritional guidelines from Neanderthals. But stark differences in geography and agriculture, thousands of years of evolution, and a contemporary...
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An Athlete's Ode to the Potato
I spent the first few years of my life in Idaho and have always eaten potatoes—white, usually baked, sometimes mashed or sautéed with eggs. This alone doesn’t make me unique—potatoes are the largest...
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10 Foods Athletes Should Add to Their Grocery Lists
We tapped top nutritionists to find out which items they think athletes should include on their grocery runs. Some fuel workouts, others aid in recovery, and a few make for nutrition-forward instant...
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5 Food Label Myths, Debunked
In May, the International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC) released survey data that revealed a harsh revelation about us typical grocery shoppers: We’re pretty much clueless. Whether it’s...
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A History of Marathon Fueling
Today, marathon nutrition is a closely dialed science. Runners prepare their bodies to eat and drink during the race the same way they train to run it. It wasn’t always like this. A century ago,...
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The Best Protein Powders
It’s easy to scorn protein powder. The shelves of your nutrition store are lined with a dozen different jugs donning labels that claim to spur muscle growth, increase performance, reduce body fat, and...
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How Endurance Athletes Use Herbal Supplements to Get an Edge
If American cross-country skier Andy Newell reaches the podium at the Winter Olympics in South Korea this February, it’ll inevitably be thanks to thousands of hours of training. But he’ll tell you that...
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The Best Stroopwafels, According to Us
Transform a delicious European dessert into performance fuel? Sounds like a great idea to us, and evidently a bunch of energy food companies agree. Everyone from GU Energy Labs to Honey Stinger to...
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How to Meal Prep Like an Elite Athlete
After a long day with lots of mileage and hard efforts, the last thing any athlete wants to do is head home to cook an extravagant meal. But all too often, quick options are unhealthy. To feed their...
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This English Candy Bar Powered the First Everest Ascent
When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest in May 1953, they weren’t fueled by carbohydrate cocktails and fancy gels or advised by a trained sports nutritionist. Instead, they were powered...
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Tricks from 8 Pro Athletes for Eating Well on the Road
It’s easy(ish) to eat the right foods at home. On the road, it’s much more difficult. But elite athletes, who abide by strict nutrition plans while traveling nonstop, have to figure it out. For outdoor...
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The 5 Biggest Fat Myths
Fat has a complicated past. It went from being viewed as the fast track to weight gain to a surefire way for endurance athletes to teach their body to burn slower for longer. We looked at some of the...
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