Fun Nutrition Fact of the Week: Eating Regularly Improves
Performance [ Sep 11, 2012 ]  As part of our growing list of
content here at we are introducing a weekly feature discussing
the importance of good nutrition, not only in terms of how it
helps your performance, but how it also contributes to a healthy
lifestyle. Want to know what you should eat before a game?
After? In the offseason? What about a plan for the right way to
eat during those long tournament weekends when you may only have
an hour between games?  Be sure to check back each week as our
LIJSoccer nutrition expert, Cristina Rivera of Nutrition in
Motion gives you all those answers and more. Each week, Cristina
will offer a fun nutritional fact that can help you get a better
understanding of healthy eating, and twice a month will post
more detailed features regarding the best way to lay out a
proper nutrition plan for young athletes.  This week’s fun
nutritional fact talks about the best way for athletes to create
energy and improve performance