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The amount of athletes that admit to me that they are scared of eating carbohydrates is shocking. In the past week Ive hear the following from new athletes I'm working with: "I can't eat bread or I'll get fat", "I've eliminated all carbs from my diet so I can lean up" and "carbs are the devil". Ummm...WHAT? The devil? Really people? How did we get here? In the 90's we couldn't get enough carbs. Fat was the bad guy back then. Sometime in the early 2000's carbs were vilified. Can you see the trends? Can you see how misaligned with overall health diet culture is?
As an athlete you need to ignore problematic diet culture and start fueling your body the way it needs to be fueled. Carbohydrates ARE the primary fuel source for our bodies -especially during training and competition. My goal is to help all athletes understand the importance of eating the right kind of carbs, in the right amounts, at the right...