Monthly Archives: October 2015

ANTIOXIDANTS- WHAT’S ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT AND ARE THEY REALLY THAT IMPORTANT?

By Christie Sauer, Graduate Student in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Teachers College, Columbia University Among the numerous health trends dominating the market today, products rich in antioxidants rank fairly high. Should we be grabbing these packages off shelves and consuming

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SHOULD I TRY FAT LOADING FOR A MARATHON?

Endurance athletes know that to make it through those long distance events they need to make sure they don’t run out of glycogen, carbohydrate fuel which is stored in muscles.  One strategy recommended by some is to “spare” glycogen by

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