This article discusses whole food nutrition for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Practitioner as well as the Mixed Martial Artist. More specifically, I will discuss the three macronutrients, proteins, fats, and carbohydrates and their functions for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Practitioners and Mixed Martial Artists. Let’s start with proteins. Proteins are made up of chains of individual amino acids. Different foods have [...]
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Facts You Should Know About Eggs
QUICK FACTS ON EGGS Eggs are recognized as have an extremely high Biological Value / BV. Biological Value is a unit of measure used in categorizing the ability of a protein to be utilized in protein synthesis. Eggs contain the fat soluble carotenoid antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin Lutein and zeaxanthin, are more specifically categorized as xanthophylls, which are [...]
Joseph Sale Interviews Michael Morton, Executive Director of Nourish America
The purpose of these interviews is to speak with people who have created successful outcomes, for themselves and for others in the world of sports, business, and other endeavors. It then follows that the person interviewed will be talking about their life and / or business philosophy that they have grown into over the years. [...]
Joseph Sale, CNS, CSCS, Sports Nutritionist / Nutrition and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Sports nutrition is often overlooked in sports performance and that is sometimes the case in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Students train extremely hard and are focused on their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training however paying attention to and upgrading the quality of your nutrition will upgrade your Brazilian Jiu Jitsu game in both the short and long term. Nutrition is the raw [...]
Scottsdale Nutritionist Health Education Series / The Health Benefits of Vitamin C
Lets talk about the nutritional health benefits of Vitamin C. Vitamin C is an important essential vitamin with a multitude of health benefits and a significant impact on numerous markers of human performance. What do I mean by essential? I mean that the body cannot synthesize or create Vitamin C from other raw materials. If there is insignificant or not [...]
Scottsdale Nutritionist Health Education Series / Health Literacy
This article will discuss health literacy and health education and their potential to improve quality of life and well being, as well as human performance. What is health literacy? There are many definitions, and in this article I will provide my definition. I define health literacy as having, at a minimum, a foundational level of understanding about the [...]
Golf Fitness, Golf Performance and the Shoulder
Most people and many golfers think of the shoulder as one unit and in actuality it is far from that. The shoulder is often called the shoulder complex and that is an accurate descriptive term. Complex. The shoulder has the largest range of motion of any joint or joint complex in the human body. Along [...]
Scottsdale Nutritionist Health Series / What Is Glycation?
Glycation and Advanced Glycosylated End Products, AGE’s, are a fascinating topic so put your seat belt on because I will cover some nutrition science but more importantly I will talk about how the presence of these processes and end products leads to accelerated aging, poor health, and many problems. Keep in mind that this is a [...]
The Overlooked Factor Influencing Golf Performance
In every sport or endeavor there are numerous co factors that influence results and outcomes. People in the know and those with a high level of commitment discover what these co factors are and apply them in order to improve their results. One often overlooked influence on golf performance is nutrition status. In this article [...]
What Are Functional Foods ?
There are many definitions of functional foods. I put functional foods into three categories for the benefit of efficiency. The topic of functional foods goes much deeper than this brief post. The three categories are: 1. those whole foods that inherently possess greater than average nutritional value beyond basic nutrition, for example an apple, spinach, or parsley 2. [...]