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How to Talk Food With Athletes

By Nancy Clark, CoachUp Nation, 11/29/17, 12:00PM PST

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Athletes should strive for a balanced diet, filled with a variety of foods and enjoyed in moderation

You can have good health and perform well with a balanced diet, filled with a variety of foods, and enjoyed in moderation.

Food is fuel and food is medicine. Food brings people together and is supposed to be one of life’s pleasures. Shared meals are a vehicle for building relationships, enjoying conversations, and nourishing the soul.

Unfortunately in today’s society, too many athletes and fitness exercisers alike report they have no time to enjoy meals. Sports parents struggle to gather their student athletes for a family dinner; practices and games inevitably interrupt the dinner hour. And even when seated at the same table, some family members may be eating just salad while the rest of the family enjoys steak. So much for eating out of the same pot.