Nutrition Contents Archive

On Energy: A couple weeks ago I spent a few days in LA shooting content for the blog and social media. Not my favorite thing in the world by any means, but it has to be done and it's important for the company. Didn't want to, but did. How?

This is why we support healthy #SchoolMeals4All. Fifty million public school students could receive free school lunch at the height of COVID-19, and now that the program is expired all of those schools and students are left struggling. https://t.co/PHop1TJEUI

Help your young athlete perform their best on and off the field with these #sportsnutrition tips and ideas for healthful meals, snacks and beverages. ⚽🎾⛳🏈 #kidseatright #NYSW https://t.co/tcyuZez6tT

This #Halloween Fruit and Nut Witch Tray is as nutritious as it is festive! https://t.co/f6YaJsr5PR #halloweenfood #halloweenrecipe https://t.co/nzrsa6Zt7r

DYK: We awarded more than $23 million to 66 WIC state agencies to improve technology and service delivery in #WIC. Learn more about our efforts in modernizing the program https://t.co/3hccv2Ridl #WICWednesdays https://t.co/Apf6mF9Hdd

I've always been able to do this. Not sure exactly how. But there is one prerequisite: I don't complain about "being tired." I just move. Can you do this? Can you create energy?

You can be dragging your ass all day, feeling sad, miserable, and unwilling to do anything. Dishes pile up in the sink. Work goes unfinished. Tasks linger. But then someone calls you with an offer to go out to a great restaurant or concert and suddenly you spring up.

You suddenly "have" energy you didn't think you had. Nothing materially changed. You didn't eat anything that "gave you" energy. You didn't start manufacturing extra ATP in your cells (or did you?). You're still in the same situation you were five seconds ago, but now with energy

Most of us have reserves we can't easily access, or that the body saves for when we need it. For instance, the same "energy burst" can happen if something stressful happens. Think of the mom lifting the car to save her child.

Energy can be created out of what feels like thin air. I don't mean combustible energy you burn in your car or fuel you use to power your house, but internal, biological energy.

We can also create—or appear to create, which is the same thing—energy. We can will ourselves to act, to get moving. The trick, of course, is how do we will ourselves to do that? How do we make it happen without relying on the situation to change and force us into action?

Wow...athletes who use a training plan matched to their genotype get almost 3x the results compared to athletes who trained with a protocol mismatched to their genotype: https://t.co/9Cj23qW2it

Executing on the dumbest of ideas feels 100x better than thinking about stuff and doing nothing

So I could say that stupid thing about how this week’s guest needs no introduction, but instead I’ll say that we promised you someone awesome, and we’re delivering: @AliceWaters joined us on Food with Mark Bittman. https://t.co/c6bwEqUmuT https://t.co/py9EneyfvG

A few reflections on the last 16 years https://t.co/CNnRpRiJXQ