A new feature created by Jackie Bernico. Jackie is taking a break from speedskating while focusing a little more intensely on her education. She has accepted our offer to become a intern with the ASE program as she continues on in school! Jackie skated with the ASE Program the past several years. As a junior she made the US Junior World Long Track Team and as a neo-senior she won the AmCup All-around points title for the 2016-17 season. Jackie was so inspired by the nutrition information she learned about through the program, she changed schools and majors to study the subject in college. After majoring in nutrition, Jackie has decided to direct her education towards the nursing field. In her internship, Jackie will be sharing her nutrition expertise as an athlete and student of the subject with us each week through the ASE website. She will also be assisting the coaches in coaching, working with the athletes, and, she will also be creating and maintaining a database of internships and part-time jobs for athletes in the program. Please reach out to her with feedback and feel free to let her know what specific info you want to see or questions you may have on the subject. Welcome to your new role Jackie! And, thank you!
During the skating season the Nutrition feature will transition to twice a month. Stay tuned for the next post by Oct 15th!
Edition #10 (September 30, 2018) – Sleep. Why is sleep important and how is it related to nutrition?
Edition #9 (September 13, 2018) – Eating disorders. A very serious topic for all, especially for athletes, who have added stress and psychological demands along with physical needs and objectives that can create a mix of circumstances that make it more likely for them to be affected by this threat to their well-being.
Week 8 (August 30, 2018) – Whole foods vs Processed? What’s the difference? What are the tradeoffs and benefits? What do I look for, how do I know what I’m getting? Get some practical guidance from our athlete nutrition specialist, ASE athlete alum Jackie Bernico here!
Week 7 (August 23, 2018) – Feeling time crunched from summertime ending, school starting, work ramping up? Going to be on the go more, with travel, from daily commutes to trips to training camps and competitions soon? Check out this week’s post for On The Go Nutrition!
Week 6 (August 16, 2018) – All about IRON, how to get it from your food, the risks of too little or too much, plus more recipes…
Here is Week 5 (August 10, 2018) – info on the timing of nutrition for best effectiveness post workout or competition!
Get the latest nutrition post here. Week 4 (August 3, 2018) features fats and why you need them! Also, see video recipes for the athlete on a budget!
Here is the post for Week 3 (July 26, 2018). This one is in PDF format so it will open once you click on the link. There are two documents for this week –
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Here is the post for Week 2 (July 19, 2018) of the ASE Nutrition Page, Nutrition by an Athlete for Athletes – Good tips, data, and, recipes whatever your level of interest! Click on each page to view and click again to enlarge.
WEEK 1 – July 12, 2018:
