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Back Away From the Twinkie, Fatty!

I often encounter dietary recommendations by ‘experts’ who recommend endurance athletes focus on achieving ideal bodyweight through training alone, and not by restricting caloric intake. While this may work for a lucky few, there are many who are left dissatisfied.

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Fish Oil Protects Against Allergies

New research published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy adds to the mounting list of benefits to consuming fish oil. This time researchers looked at the effects on infant immune function after administering a fish oil supplement.

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Back To The Future?

If you’ve been around cycling long enough you might remember the days when bananas were customary fuel source found in jersey pockets.

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What's In Your Organic Food?

What do Campbell’s Soup, Cargill, Coca-Cola, ConAgra, Kraft, Kellogg, General Mills, M&M Mars, and PepsiCo have in common? They now own many of the most popular organic food brands and exert a great deal of control over the organic food industry.

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Put Down the Pasta

Having been around many different types of athletes, the one thing that’s always stricken me as odd is that many endurance athletes are nowhere near as lean as one would expect, in comparison to other athletic populations, based on their relatively healthy diets and high training volumes.

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