Tag: athletes Athletes and Experts Quoted About Eating Plants I don’t preach about the -isms. I don’t talk about or embrace words like raw foodist, vegetarian, or vegan, even though I do teach to eat a high-raw, mostly-plants diet…. Sugar-Free Baseball Tennyson has a nickname on his team. In the dugout, when he’s up to bat, they chant, “Sugar-free! Sugar-free! Sugar-free!” When he gets on base, they yell, “Sweeeeeet!” I love… The manliest men on the planet Ben texted me that surfer Laird Hamilton is 48 and looks 26, eats a lot of raw and organic, and is one of the “manliest men on the planet,” and… Independence Day, part 1 of 2 Here are photos after my family’s annual 5K run at Provo’s Freedom Festival. Runners in the photo are my dad, my son Cade, my brother Ben, my sister Betsy, and… Bodybuilding, Green Smoothies, and Raw Food Dear GreenSmoothieGirl, I just wanted to thank you so much for inspiring me to try your green smoothies. I am totally hooked on them and I’ve started to crave… Defending That My Diet’s Not All Raw I read the raw foodists all the time (Patenaude, Wolfe, Boutenko, and lots more). I think their diet is fantastic. Sometimes I go all raw, for a few… How Much Water Should a Person Drink a Day: Part 1 of 6 My husband and father-in-law are both former college football players. My FIL was told, while playing football, “Don’t drink water!” My husband was told by his own coaches… Educate kids about nutrition Sometimes I wonder if my teenaged son is absorbing what I teach him about health, or if he’s just too annoyed with me and absorbed with “fitting in” to care…. Who You Gonna Call? Part III: Nutrition Advice from Personal Trainers My friend Cheryl told me at the gym the other day that she got online with a “Virtual Personal Trainer.” This guy has quite a following here locally and… Parental responsibilities and rights You might consider that part of parental responsibilities and rights includes keeping your talk about nutritious food positive, while expecting some reaction to your changes toward good nutrition.Avoid adopting the…