The Dish on Detoxes: A Dietitian's Perspective

As a swimmer and athlete I’ve been fortunate to learn and experience many life lessons through the sport I love. Not only does swimming prepare us to work hard, sacrifice, overcome physical and often mental difficulties, but it can also teaches us to think beyond the lane lines. Saturday night I visited a team in Round [...]

There always seems to be a new craze in the health food world about some product which claims to have big health benefits. Gaining huge momentum and exposure in the past several years has been coconut water (see our post on it’s nutritional benefits). This exotic sounding and natural beverage is touted for it’s nutrients [...]

You’ve heard about juicers, seen them on TV, maybe read about them. Now, you have a chance to win one. It’s simple, just enter the AthleticFoodie Healthy Juicer Sweepstakes. (Click “Read more” and then click the link to enter.) We’re giving away a really quality unit: A Breville Compact Juice Fountain. This baby is made for [...]

Since falling in love with food and cooking I’ve taken one simple approach, “continue pursuing my passion for food and cooking as much as possible, and see where it takes me.” When I began to get interested in food I had literally no idea what I wanted to do with it. Many times I still [...]

So last weekend, Garrett gave a swim and nutrition clinic in Texas.   I was visiting and decided to keep him company on the three hour drive from Austin.  It was to be a long.  Early morning swim practice, three hour drive 3-4 hour clinic and then another three hour return drive.  What a treat [...]

For a few short weeks this summer, Garrett is enjoying the rare privilege of working in the kitchens of noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is rated as the number one restaurant in the world. His tasks so far are anything but glamorous. It may sound rather exciting and exotic to forage on the beach for [...]

No one can guarantee success. But if you could put some of the odds in your favor, why wouldn’t you? That’s what the team here at AthleticFoodie believes. It’s a philosophy that paid off for Garrett Weber-Gale Friday night when he won his second national title in the 100 meter long course freestyle at US [...]

If you didn’t already know, or haven’t already seen, I’m doing a project with SwimOutlet called, “Nutrition for Performance”. This video series is dedicated to illustrating easy and healthy ways we can all, “Live a better life through better nutrition.” Since I was diagnosed with high blood pressure in 2005, I’ve committed myself to constantly [...]

We plan to try something new tonight–a Twitter chat with Garrett supported by a couple nutritionists. We’ll be online from 7 to 7:30 Central and maybe even a little longer. The best way to participate is to use TweetChat. That way, the hash tag (#) is automatically embedded into the tweet.
Our topic: How to start [...]

Here at AthleticFoodie we’ve worked hard to create a resource that can truly help you live a better life through better nutrition. Brainstorming new ways for us to convey useful information to y’all is at the top of our list on a daily basis. Recently AthleticFoodie has teamed up with swimwear retailing giant SwimOutlet, to [...]