How to fuel your teen athlete with sports dietitian Roberta Anding

If you're struggling to fuel your teen athlete (and have him/her be on board with the process), tune in with sports dietitian, Roberta Anding.

How to fuel your teen athlete with sports dietitian Roberta Anding

January 14, 2020 Health, Nutrition, Podcast Comments (0)

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Nutrition can be confusing. It seems every six months we hear of new eating plans and diets and lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

Adding to the noise is how, exactly, do we get quality food in our teen athletes? Do they need to eat differently? And how do we encourage them to actually eat what is best for them to perform and recover well?

I’m beyond excited to share my conversation with Roberta Anding today. Roberta is a sports dietitian and has so many letters after her name I don’t even know what they all mean.

Currently, Roberta serves as the sports dietitian for the Houston Astros, Rice University athletics, and Baylor College of Medicine Corporate Programs. She’s also the former sports dietitian for the Houston Texans NFL franchise and Houston Ballet.

I told you she was impressive.

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Topics Discussed

In today’s conversation, we dig into fueling teen athletes. We cover:

How to create buy-in from your adolescent
The most important aspect of fueling well
What to do when your child visits Whataburger too much
Protein needs and the best way to fill them
How to choose safe protein supplements (make sure it is NSF or Informed Choice for Sport certified).
Simple, cost-effective ways to include more protein in your child’s meals
Resources for parents and teen athletes, including SCANdpg.org and Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook.

This interview was so valuable to me I took copious notes while producing this episode.

Then I decided it might be helpful to you, as well.

Would you like a hard copy of the notes? If so, tell me where to send them below!

Perhaps my favorite aspect of Roberta’s approach is her balance. She’s realistic, and having raised two athletes of her own, understands the challenges of fueling them while respecting their age and development.

Be sure to tune in to this interview. It’s a little longer than my 20-25 minute regular length podcast, but I promise it’s worth every minute!

Connect with Roberta Anding:

Twitter @robertaanding

Performance 365 – Sports Nutrition consulting for athletes and companies

robertaanding@gmail.com

Connect with me!

Let’s be friends! Listen in, then find me on Instagram or Facebook and tell me how you fuel your athlete. Let’s help each other out!