Monthly Archives: October, 2009
How to get athletes to eat their vegetables: nitrate and performance (part 1)
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For 9 years of my life I was a competitive cross country runner. For 9 years of my life I heard the same types of nutritional recommendations: high carbohydrate, low fat, lots of water, eat within 30 minutes of a workout. I know now that total calories seems to matter most (to which increasing dietary fat definitely [...]
Arachidonic acid and cognitive function in the elderly
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Arachidonic acid. The very word makes most nutritionists cringe. Many of us are taught to avoid it like the plague. Americans have developed an egg-phobia because of it (the misinterpretations of egg research will be reviewed in a later post). How can something that biochemically competes with our beloved omega 3s be good for [...]
