Tips from Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook
By Kathleen Lisson
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| Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook |
I chose Nancy Clark’s Sports
Nutrition Guidebook as the book I took with me on the plane ride to the Junior
League Annual Convention in St. Louis.
Wow, was this book a treasure trove of information. Here is the first tidbit I
wrote down:
Eat a Wide Variety of Foods
Page 4 of the book brought a challenge to write down 35
different types of foods that I eat in a given week. It took a few minutes to
complete my list and I began to realize that it would take a thoughtful effort
to ensure that I brought all these nutritious foods to my diet.
Occasionally I will find myself in a ‘food rut,’ consuming
the same cereal night after night or pasta and pesto for lunch several times a
week. The key takeaway I found was – Diversity!
I will rotate the vegetables and fruits I use in my
smoothies and eat more colorful salads.
My food list is:
Almond, apple, asparagus, avocado, banana, black beans, blueberries,
bok choy, broccoli, carrot, celery, chia, cod, corn, cottage cheese, edemame, egg,
garbanzo beans, green beans, kale, kidney beans, lemon, melon, milk, mint, oats,
onions, orange, pear, peanut butter, peas, pineapple, popcorn, quinoa, rice, salmon,
strawberries, spinach, sprouts, tofu, tuna, tomatoes, walnuts, watermelon, yogurt
and zucchini.
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Nancy Clark has a great tip for using all-natural peanut
butter. If the peanut butter separates into oil and solid, just store the jar
upside down.
Here is a review from Linda S. Caley, MS, RD, CEDR on Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook: http://blog.nancyclarkrd.com/2014/03/12/book-review-nancy-clarks-sports-nutrition-guidebook-5th-edition-2014/
