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Article: How to eat well--a primer for helping you keep your new year's resolutions.(Sport Nutrition)
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- Palaestra
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Eat well. Believe it or not, that's what most athletes--be they able-bodied or physically challenged, as well as fitness exercisers and most Americans, in general--need to learn to do. Eat for performance. Eat for health. I am surrounded by active people who exercise for health but do not know how to eat well. They know how to skip breakfast and lunch, how to stay away from carbohydrates, how to blow their diets. These folks would not only perform better but also be healthier down the road if they could eat better on a daily basis, eat at the right times to optimize energy, eat the best foods to promote future good health, and eat wisely to manage weight.
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