The High School Athlete Power Diet – Fission Fruit Bars
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Filed under Diet & Energy
(THP) Schuylerville parents filled classrooms at the Junior-Senior High school on Wednesday night, September 9 for Meet the Coaches Night and a special seminar about athlete diets.
John Underwood, founder of the American Athletic Institute, spoke to Schuylerville parents and athletes about healthy choices for athletic teens. This year’s seminar was “Proper Nutrition and Diet for Optimum Athletic Performance for Student Athletes.”
Underwood has coached or advised World and Olympic Champions, and is a former NCAA All-American athlete and International-level distance runner. He knows first-hand why athletes require a special diet and how student athletes should fuel their bodies.
“Kids are restricted by their knowledge level of food. They get locked into eating the same foods they see on their kitchen table; they need to broaden the spectrum,” Underwood said.
Underwood discussed his TR3 formula: Train, Refuel, Rehydrate, Rest. He explained that rest is the most important part of the formula. According to a national study, the average teen only gets six hours and forty-five minutes of sleep every night.
“If you care about sports and physical performance, you need to get eight hours. You are more successful if you prioritize, which means you need more down time. Recovery is the most important part of any athlete’s training,” he said.
According to Underwood, athletes recover 70 percent within the first hour after training; another 20 percent within two and 100 percent recovery takes a full twenty-four hours.
Athletes need to stay hydrated and need to constantly snack to give their bodies enough energy to perform. They should be putting food in their bodies every three to four hours. Underwood suggests snacking on healthy foods like raisins and energy bars.
Athletes cannot run on an empty stomach. Healthy snacking prevents low blood glucose levels, which in turn promotes healthy muscles by reducing cortisol release. Cortisol is a stress hormone that tears down muscle capacity. Without fuel, muscles will “actually begin eating themselves,” as the body typically turns to burning body fat, which most athletes have little of.
“Twenty-three percent of high school athletes have borderline low blood sugar levels prior to training at 3:00 p.m.,” Underwood said. “And blood sugar is absolutely critical for you to function mentally and physically.”
Sugary drinks like soda contain sixteen spoonfuls of sugar, which actually has a negative effect on blood sugar levels. Underwood presented graph slides of how sugar induces drastic “ups and downs” in energy, causing insulin levels to fluctuate. This is why people “crash” after a “sugar high,” whereas fructose and glucose keep insulin levels regulated.
Underwood explained that sports bars like fission fruit bars, which is exactly what athletes need to function properly.
Fission fruit bars are made from real fruit, are healthy, and they taste great too!
“They should be drinking Gatorade over water,” he said. However, Underwood stressed the importance of sipping and not gulping the sugary-tasting drink.
Some athletes may find sports drinks to be “hypertonic,” or too sweet. Rather than buying a watered down version, like G-2, Underwood recommends mixing a solution that is 1/2 water and 1/2 regular Gatorade.
For refueling, student athletes need plenty of carbs; in fact, 2/3 of their diet should come from carbohydrates. One third of their diet should come from protein and fats, which is typically the reverse proportion for most football players trying to build body mass. Consuming too much protein leads to chronic fatigue.
Fission fruit bars have 12 grams of protein per bar.
“2/3 and 1/3, that’s it. You will have energy all the time,” he said.
The best carbs are a baked potato, rice, bread, rolls, pasta and bagels.
Calcium is also crucial: “If you don’t drink milk, you’d better get your calcium from somewhere else.”
Studies also show that drinking milk right after training will decrease body fat.
Underwood recommends that student athletes take an iron supplement once per week. The supplement should be taken with a citrus drink, as the Vitamin C helps bind iron to your blood cells. Drinking milk or eating dairy with the supplement will have the opposite effect.
“Every person training at any level should be taking iron pills. How well you perform is determined by how much iron you have in your system,” he said.
Vitamin B is also crucial for a student athlete because it helps with recovery. B Vitamins are absorbed quickly into the body, and after four to six days of taking them you will feel markedly better all around.
“If you want to feel better, take B vitamins every single day. B Vitamins can bring an athlete back from the dead.”
Vitamins B and C help maintain the immune system which, according to Underwood, will help prevent high school athletes from coming down with the flu this fall.
“Recent evidence points to carbohydrates as one of the most promising nutritional immune protectors.” Underwood recommends that athletes consume carbs during and/or after an intense work-out to maintain the immune system.
Eating healthy and fueling your body with the right nutrients is vital for athletes. Student athletes need to avoid junk food, soda and sweets; they need to pay attention to what they are eating, and how different foods affect their performance. Overall, Underwood’s main message is that “what you put in your body is what you will get out of it.”
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Fission Fruit Bars Are The Perfect Meal Replacement
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(THP) In today’s on-the-run society, where sitting down for a meal is sometimes an impossible luxury, the emergence of nutrition bars may seem to be just what the doctor ordered. Though these pocket-sized bars once found favor primarily with serious athletes looking for a competitive edge, now anyone who feels the need for a nutritional boost may keep a few stashed in a purse or a briefcase.
In the current bar-wars environment, there are literally hundreds of these prewrapped and portable products competing for shelf space at gyms, health-food stores, and supermarkets, with names ranging from PowerBar and Luna Bar to Balance Bar and MET-Rx. But nutritionists agree that not all bars are created equal.
There are high-carbohydrate bars, protein bars, energy bars, breakfast bars, brain-boosting bars, meal-replacement bars, diet bars, and women-only bars. And with so much to choose from, consumers hungering for a quick nutritional fix — whether they’re recreational athletes, workaholics tied to their desks, or over-committed moms with barely a moment to spare — may feel dizzy from all the product overkill and heavily hyped claims.
Each Fission Bar is packed with morsels of 100% natural, real fruit, including blueberries, strawberries, apples and cranberries. This delicious, wholesome alternative to unhealthy salty or sugary snacks is a powerful source of phytonutrients – the health supporting compounds and anti-oxidants that protect your body’s cells from damage. Fission Bars contain no refined sugar, no trans fats and are just 150 calories.
What really sets the Fission Bar above other health bars is its delicious taste. Fission Bars are the convenient, yummy way to boost your energy and endurance!
Nutrition Facts
*All natural sugar.
Ingredients: Soy Nuggets (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch and Salt), Agave Nectar,Inulin (Chicory Root Extract), Cranberries, Dried Strawberries, Dried Blueberries, Whey Protein Concentrate, Almond Butter, Sunflower Seed Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Soy Protein Isolate, Fruit Powder (Banana, Strawberry, Pomegranate, Acai, Blueberry, Cranberry, Raspberry, Blackberry), Beet Root Powder.
Allergen Warning: Contains Milk, Soy, Tree Nuts. May contain traces of peanuts and/or other nuts.
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Cost Of Health Care Undecided – 9 A Day Plus Vitamins Are Nature’s Way To Health
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Take Control Of Your Money And Health
Q: President Obama has repeatedly mentioned reducing “unwarranted” subsidies to private insurance companies under Medicare. Does this mean that the Medicare Advantage plans will disappear or become less common?
PAUL EKLOF, Petaluma
A: While reductions in Medicare Advantage payments are being discussed as part of the health care reform debate, it is too early to know how any such changes, if passed, would affect Medicare beneficiaries. We won’t know the impact of any payment reductions to Medicare plans until Congress agrees on the magnitude, mechanisms and timeline for implementation.
Some proposals currently under consideration could result in increased premiums and/or cost sharing for Medicare beneficiaries. We hope that any changes will be moderate and phased in over time. This balanced approach would help mitigate the adverse financial impact on seniors.
Related proposals in Congress would limit the reduction in payments to plans that demonstrate a higher quality of care. We encourage Congress to move in that direction. Paying high-performing Medicare Advantage plans a quality bonus could reduce the adverse financial impact on seniors in these plans and also encourage all plans to focus even more on improving the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries, which will benefit seniors enrolled in those plans and the country as a whole.
- Tony Barrueta, vice president, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan & Hospitals
This article appeared on page F – 4 of the San Francisco Chronicle
As the nation wrestles with the complex issue of health care reform, The Chronicle is asking readers to submit their questions so we all can understand what reform means. If you have a question, please e-mail forum@sfchronicle.com.
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Healthy Living Is Possible With Quality Supplements
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Posted by Maggie Guo | September 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm |Every day, the body and mind are involved in a struggle to maintain peak levels of concentration, energy, and alertness. From the moment you wake up, the body is already on the hunt for nourishment and the mind is in search of stimulation.
All too often, people tend to ignore just how important it is to treat the mind and body as a machine, one that must be maintained daily for optimum performance. Because so many people spend their entire workday cooped up inside an office or a plant, it is important to address the simple things that can be done to improve physical output and mental capacity. Just because you cannot go outside and run around all day does not mean you can just give up on ever having a healthy lifestyle. Instead, you must work twice as hard to ensure your lifestyle is as healthy as possible.
The first thing one can do to nourish the body and mind is to eat a well-balanced diet. Diets that consist of plenty of Vitamin-D and Calcium have been shown to increase organ functions as well as prevent several known ailments, such as Rickets and Osteoporosis.
Although Vitamin-D production increases when individuals are exposed to sunlight, sometimes it simply is not possible to spend sufficient time outdoors. Perhaps the sun only shines while you are at work or the winter months are too harsh to allow outdoor experiences. Whatever the issue, it becomes increasingly important for individuals who spend little time outdoors in the sunlight to enhance their diets with Vitamin-D to maintain a very healthy balance.
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