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Swimmer's Nutrition Page
We all know how important nutrition is to everyone's daily lives. This is especially true for our children. Not only do we need to meet their body's demands for adequate nutrition to continue to grow and develop, but we also need to fuel them for the rigors of training.
In this day and age of crazy diets it is crucial that we attempt to educate ourselves as to what is helpful and what is potentially harmful for our young athletes.
This webpage will begin to provide us with some of this information. This page will be constantly under construction as new information is linked here. Please take time periodically to review this page's information.
Feed the Young Athlete (2002). Cynthia Lair and Scott Murdoch
This is a great book with lots of useful information on how a young athlete's diet can affect performance and health. The book also provides some guidelines and useful recipes. The link provide above is to Amazon.com.
Some Great Links to Nutritional websites that can provide information and tips:
1. http://www.ais.org.au/nutrition/ The Australian Institute of Sport
2. http://www.healthletter.tufts.edu/issues/2004-05/southbeach.html A great article on the "South Beach Diet"....YIKES!!!
3. http://www.gssiweb.com The Gatorade Sports Science Institute (one of the best)
4. http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=278&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US link to the nutrition page on the USA Swimming.
5. http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1058&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en Nutritional supplement info from USAS.
website...more great stuff
5. http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1058&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en link about supplements from USAS.
May is National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness Month
From
Lisa Fayed,
Your Guide to
Cancer
May
starts
National Skin Cancer/Melanoma Awareness Month
campaign. Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, with over
one million people diagnosed each year!
Fast Facts About Skin Cancer
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Skin cancer and melanoma account for about 50% of all types of cancers diagnosed combined.
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Skin cancer is one of the more preventable types of cancer.
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More than 90% of skin cancer is causes by excessive exposure to the sun.
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Each hour, 1 person dies from skin cancer.
See
"8 Shocking Facts About Skin Cancer" for
more statistics and facts about melanoma and skin cancer.
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