Feeding the Machine

This is an introductory post to what I foresee as a series of more specific articles dealing with aspects of diet and performance nutrition. I will cover topics as diverse as the myth of the dangers of cholesterol, the pitfalls of meatless eating, benefits of fatty acid supplementation (think fish oil here), Paleo and Zone Diets, anti-inflammatory eating along with other related topics. I will try to cover topics that readers do not have the time to research or are simply unaware of. I will try and distill the information down to the salient points and how this knowledge can be used in our own programs.

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Vitamin D

Cold and flu season. Yeah, it blows! Huge. It's even worse for competitive types like me and a lot of the readers of this blog. There are few things worse (aside from death of friends and family and other truly shitty things) than training your ass off for an event only to come down with some heinous virus a day or two before and either not compete or suck hugely attempting to do so.

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