Just read an interesting article this morning from the famous Riordin Clinic in Wichita...

http://www.riordanclinic.org
/education/newsletter/curr
ent_edition.pdf

A lot of interesting details to consider when engaging in intense exercise, especially in how critical it is for athletes ( or us athletes-to-be, or athletes-in-training, however some of us may regard ourselves.). Among the interesting details is a chart showing how much protein an athlete needs, going down the chart a listing by starting weight, and across the chart, the amounts, based on levels of intensity (ie, how long one exercises, how much effort etc.).

This is a fairly long article, stretching out 3-4 pages of their April 2012 newsletter and there is also a discussion as to the risks of nutritional deficiencies athletes might run, as a result of carelessly eating a lot of calories that was not nutritionally dense, including side effects of too much cortisol (the stuff that puts the belly fat on, people!), runners trots, frequent colds & coughs, and many other issues. In addition, a discussion on what needs to be in the water we drink to rehydrate after exercise.

So in some ways, this blog is a rough draft, and I am not sure I have a way to save it as such. I may have to come back and edit it later.

Oh hey, there's a "add link" option which should make it easier for you to just click on it! (otherwise, the way the links usually break at odd places when I put them in a blog or see them in someone else's blog - I generally just select the entire link over however many lines it got broken into in the blog, and then right click on it, and select "open in new tab".)


www.riordanclinic.org/ed
ucation/newsletter/current
_edition.pdf