Jessup Sciences

Suggestions for a Healthy Collegiate Athlete Diet with Michaela Zapata


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This podcast emphasizes the importance of a healthy diet for athletes and the specific energy-yielding nutrients that it entails, specifically carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. These are important components of a healthy diet that especially help with combating fatigue, and in turn can help an athlete perform better when competing since their bodies won’t be exhausted with the proper nutrients. This podcast specifies how college athletes have a lot to deal with during their season because of school and their sport. There are many factors that affect dietary habits, and the busy schedule of a student-athlete in college doesn’t make it easier to maintain a healthy diet. Many student-athletes aren’t aware of what foods they should be incorporating into their meal plans, and this podcast provides insight as to what kinds of foods to eat, and why they’rei mportant for the  needs of college athletes.

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Jessup SciencesBy William Jessup University