Watermelon Sports Drink for Kids + Summer Hydration Tips

Watermelon Sports Drink for Kids + Summer Hydration Tips

Watermelon sports drink? Yes, please! Sometimes water doesn’t cut the mustard when it comes to meeting a child’s hydration needs. Have you ever been told to avoid giving sports drinks to your kids? While hydration is important year round, in the summer, we...
Coffee & Heart Health: Your Genes Determine the Perk or Poison

Coffee & Heart Health: Your Genes Determine the Perk or Poison

Why is there so much conflicting evidence about coffee? You’ve probably heard moderate consumption of coffee, say less 3 cups a day, lowers your risk of chronic disease? I’m betting you also know whether you are caffeine sensitive? I’m on the...
Massaged Kale Salad with Brown Rice and Beets

Massaged Kale Salad with Brown Rice and Beets

Massaged Kale Salad with Beets: Is a Diet Rich in Nitrates Key to Endurance Performance? Could the nitrates in this massaged kale salad with beets help you shave a couple minutes off your next race? I’ll share a secret with you. Even though it’s been 7...
The Chocolate Milk Mustache: A New Face of Recovery?

The Chocolate Milk Mustache: A New Face of Recovery?

Recovery nutrition: could chocolate milk be the ideal option?   Athletes who aim to get stronger with each quality workout know the importance of recovery nutrition. A recovery nutrition plan is particularly critical after a long or intense training workout....
Cheater’s Chicken Parmesan Bake

Cheater’s Chicken Parmesan Bake

Earlier this week was Halloween. In the past, I’ve usually been prepared with a crockpot of chili to fill my kids’ bellies prior to the sugar rush, but this week, I had no plan. While I contemplated ordering pizza, I remembered I had chicken breasts in the fridge...