The use of nutritional supplements among high school athletes is back in the news after more than 20 Oregon football players received hospital treatment for extreme muscle fatigue and soreness and were found to have elevated levels of the enzyme creatine kinase. This article by Scott Bordow of the Arizona Republic talks about these and other dangers facing high school athletes’ use of some nutritional supplements. Read the entire article here.{ 0 comments }
Depending on the individual, eating meat (or increasing your protein intake) might be beneficial to certain athletes. Read what Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D. and author of The Sports Nutrition Guidebook has to say on this topic here.
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Jana Heitmeyer, Director of Sports Nutrition, University of Missouri
For Mizzou tailback Derrick Washington, it was giving up pork chops — or at least moderating them — and “fourth meal” at Taco Bell. To receiver T.J. Moe, it’s no more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before bed, and with quarterback Blaine Gabbert, it’s about going green around his grilling, and his summer tweets were replete with photographic evidence. “He really likes asparagus,” said MU offensive coordinator Dave Yost.
That’s just a sampling of the budding fascination and enlightenment over nutrition around MU football, which this season will field what almost certainly is the most wiry — not to mention fastest and strongest — team it’s ever had. Read how they did it here.
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