The Olympic are here, and as we watch super humans (aka professional athletes) perform impressive physical feats, you may wonder what exactly they eat to be able to do these incredible things.

Some advice for staying healthy may sound familiar. But other recommendations – such as a fig-only diet for athletes – may ...

Chef April Thompson is offering a cooking class titled “Eat Like An Athlete.” The class, geared for ages 18 and older, is 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at Crate & Barrel in Lyndhurst. Attendees will ...

Student Athletes Don't Know How To Fuel With Food ... A lack of knowledge about nutrition was rated the most common barrier to eating healthy (37%), followed by a lack of energy or motivation ...

A healthy diet means that you are eating all the right things ... This is the case for elite sportspeople. An Olympic athlete has a diet made up mostly of protein and carbohydrates.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — High school student-athletes adjusting to life at college with no organized team sports may have a tough time eating right and exercising, says a Purdue University expert. "One ...

Nutritionists can help athletes figure out the right amounts to eat to stay healthy for competition. All athletes are tested for banned substances using these doping kits. (MICHELE LIMINA/AFP ...

In recent years, physicians and researchers have seen a rise in orthorexia, disordered eating focused on extreme healthy eating. In 1997, physician Steven Bratman coined the term “orthorexia ...

McColgan insists she has a perfectly healthy body and feels linking her body shape to an eating disorder is dangerous for aspiring athletes to see. “I’m numb to it now, it doesn’t affect me,” she told ...

Vaid says. “It’s counter-intuitive to what an athlete should be doing. You should be eating healthily, lots of protein, and drinking a lot of water. But this has worked for me repeatedly and ...

Although eating disorders impact athletes of all genders, research has primarily focused on female athletes creating a significant gap in understanding how eating disorders develop and impact male ...

A healthy diet means that you are eating all the right things ... This is the case for elite sportspeople. An Olympic athlete has a diet made up mostly of protein and carbohydrates.