Fueling for Performance: Nutrition for Athletes
Nutrition, Performance Spotlight
Think fast! You’ve been asked to bring a snack to the soccer tournament for your child’s team. What do you bring? What you choose could impact their performance. Athletes have different nutritional needs than their less active peers. Experts agree that adequate, well-timed nutrition enables and enhances intensive athletic performance. It maximizes gains in speed, strength, and agility; shortens the recovery period; provides nutrients that increase health; and reduces the risk of injury and illness. Pay attention to the info...
Performance Spotlight™ for Athletes
Nutrition, Performance Spotlight
SAGE has created Performance Spotlight™ to address athletic nutrition at school. Crafted by our Registered Dietitians, our program is based on recommendations by the United States Olympic Committee, NCAA, and other sports nutrition associations. There are three tenets of our program are education, meal guidance, and recipes. The education component centers on the what, when, and why so that the students can really understand what this nutrition will do for their bodies and performance. Meal guidance addresses the question “What...