Youth Sports Nutrition Blog
Welcome to the Youth Sports Nutrition Blog where athletes of all ages can
find nutrition and fueling tips to maximize performance everyday!
Road-Trip Ready: How to Keep Young Athletes Fueled on the Go
Traveling for youth athletes is basically a family endurance event. You’re juggling gear bags, GPS routes, hotel check-ins, and the eternal question: “Did anyone remember the water bottle?” The reality is travel disrupts everything, especially their normal nutrition...
Nutrition for Hockey Players
Warm Up Hockey includes early morning practices, late games and a hungry athlete. As a parent who is spending long hours at the ice rink fueling your athlete can be overwhelming. Small nutrition changes to Hockey is a high-intensity endurance sport that requires...
Sleep For Athletes: The Key to Performance & Recovery
Picture this: It’s 6:30am and your young athlete is not getting out of bed. You call out for them once…twice…maybe even three times, and by the fourth time you are pulling the covers off just to get them moving. By the time they do get out of bed, they are groggy and...
Benefits of Healthy Fats for Athletes
Introduction to Dietary Fats Fat often gets treated like the villain of the nutrition world, but it’s actually one of the three essential macronutrients alongside protein and carbohydrates. So before you push it off your plate, let’s take a closer look at why fat...
Hydration Tips Every High School Athlete Should Know
An athlete’s hydration status can determine their energy, focus, and performance. Athletes never want to start competition dehydrated. But what does it take to maintain hydration before, during and after practice or competition? In the warm summer months, it is easy...
Healthy Eating Around The Holidays As An Athlete
How Can an Athlete Navigate Healthy Eating Around the Holidays? The winter months are here and the holidays are approaching. I am sure all athletes can relate to the end of a holiday meal feeling full and uncomfortable. Holidays consist of family traditions, travel,...
Performance Carbohydrates for Youth Athletes
Introduction to Carbohydrates There is a lot of information out there surrounding carbohydrates for performance. Athletes need to remember that their carbohydrate recommendation will be completely different than a non-athlete or someone with different health goals. ...
Fueling Performance: Nutrition for High School Football Players
Introduction For football players, summer training leads right into a busy season and school year, this makes nutrition even more important. A grueling summer practice schedule requires adequate calories and macronutrients to ensure that you’re starting the season...
Post-Workout Nutrition: What to Eat After You Train (and Why It Matters)
Introduction There are many aspects of nutrition that athletes need to consider. Post-workout nutrition is one of them. Post-workout nutrition has two purposes: 1. Recover from a workout 2. Prepare for the upcoming workout. Social media and supplement ads put an...
Pace Your Protein
Protein for Teenage Athletes Protein plays a huge role when it comes to performance. Not only does protein aids in muscle building but is essential for proper immune function, metabolism, and structure of ligaments and tendons. The structure of protein consists of 20...
Nutrition for Baseball and Softball Athletes
Winter sports are concluding…But now the topic on everyone's mind is spring sports! Baseball, and softball are two sports that are gearing up for a new season. As intensity and training level increases, nutrition will need to be adjusted to meet higher physical...
3 Easy Weight Gain tips for High School Athletes
A common goal for athletes is to get stronger and increase muscle mass. Nutrition can be a key player in helping athletes reach their weight goals. High school athletes and sport parents are BUSY so you need easy nutrition tips that you can implement right away. Well,...