Dr. Mandelbaum for Thrive Global: Winning with Food
Posted on Aug 28, 2020 8:41am PDT
Nutrition – One of Life’s Important Elixirs
“You are what you eat.” This favorite saying has become somewhat
of a cliché over the years. But it is a simple truth. In both treating
and watching elite athletes for decades, so much about the level at which
they are able to perform is tied to what and how they eat. Guess what?
The same is true for you and me. “Proper” nutrition isn’t
a one-size-fits-all proposition. Eating healthfully is going to look quite
different for the cyclist who rides a hilly 25 miles in 90 degree heat
than it will for the person who practices gentle yoga indoors three times
a week. But no matter the quantity of food required in either of these
examples – the quality of the foods we eat absolutely matters.
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