This information originally appeared in the article “Prepare Yourself: Ultra Racing” on BackcountryBeacon.com.

Athletes require special support.  Overlooking the impact of your diet means injuries can occur more easily and will take longer to heal.  Using food to address tissue and joint wear and tear, vitamin and mineral loss, and free radical formation only adds to performance.  Rather than focusing solely on volume, get more out of food by choosing nutrient-dense options like eggs, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, bone broths, and coconut oil.  These choices alongside superfoods like nutritional yeast, spirulina, and goji berries, help meet your body’s higher needs for vitamins (for energy and to combat inflammation) and antioxidants (to repair the damage strenuous exercise can cause).  Healthy fats such as fish and flax oil are indispensable for lubricating joints and minimizing inflammation.  Read the rest of this entry »

Many people struggle with sugar cravings that are out of control.  Sugar is addicting.  Giving into these cravings and overeating high sugar foods causes great distress to our bodies and pollutes our minds.  The result is weight gain, loss of energy, depression, low self-esteem, susceptibility to numerous chronic diseases, and ultimately cravings for even more and more sugar.  It is a vicious cycle.  The more you eat, the more you want.  How do you get off the sugar rollercoaster and end cravings for good?  By eating the proper foods in the proper balance.  It is really that simple.  Let’s take a look at how the body responds to sugar and other foods.  It will change your life and how you feel forever!
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