The Dish on Detoxes: A Dietitian's Perspective

As a Canadian, Thanksgiving has always made it’s delicious, tryptophan-filled appearance in October; just before Halloween and quite a ways from Christmas. As a winter athlete, it also typically marked the beginning of a new sliding season. So while I had already celebrated Thanksgiving this year, my race circuit put me in Lake Placid, NY [...]

Hey y’all if you haven’t heard, Sports Illustrated featured me in their current issue with a focus on my passion for food and cooking! I’m so excited about this article. The story brings a ton of exposure to the journey I’m on, to help people live a better life through better nutrition. There is also [...]

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 [...]

Hey y’all I’m coming at you from Palo Alto, California where I’m getting ready to compete at the US Nationals. Just two days ago I was half a world away, in Shanghai, competing at the 2011 World Championships. After training for months and months, being a freak for my diet, and preparing with great tenacity, [...]

I’m here in Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast of Australia, with team USA, as we prepare for the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, starting July 24. As I look out at the beautiful coastline, I am so happy. The weather is beautiful. My body feels awesome. Everything I’ve worked so hard for is [...]

Mom’s usually think “big thoughts,” when it comes to their kids.  As a mom of two successful grown children, I often wonder how they manage to get so much done every day.  Way more than I did at their age.  I often find it exhausting just trying to keep up with their schedules.  This past [...]

My body is torn up. Day in and day out I’ve been grinding both in the weight room and the pool. Lately, it’s felt like I was losing the ability to even remotely recover from one workout, before heading to the next. Although there are definitely times to feel like this, and now is one [...]

As we work to become fit and make ourselves healthier it’s generally inevitable that at some point we’ll be hindered by some type of injury. Most of us have either had strains, sprains, fractures, breaks, or even surgeries. We can and should always be proactive about staying healthy, but sometimes our training or life’s unexpected [...]