by Melissa Boufounos | Jun 9, 2020 | Nutrition
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the dangers of low body fat levels for female athletes. Today, I want to focus on the risks for male athletes. The concept of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) emerged in 2014. Sports professionals recognized...
by Melissa Boufounos | Jun 3, 2020 | Nutrition
“Hey Melissa, I want to lose 10-15 pounds in the next 6-8 weeks before NORAMs” I remember when I got that private message from an OCR athlete. I wish I could say it’s only happened once. Since I started MB Performance Nutrition in 2015, I have...
by Melissa Boufounos | Jul 25, 2019 | Nutrition
As a Certified Holistic Nutritionist who helps OCR athletes around the world consistently achieve their personal best performance and as an OCR athlete myself, I hang out in a lot of Facebook groups full of OCR athletes and spend most of my days talking to athletes....
by Melissa Boufounos | Feb 17, 2019 | OCR, Nutrition
Fueling for Spartan Beast I get a lot of questions about fueling for longer races like the Spartan Beast. As I mentioned in a previous blog, IF you have an ideal performance diet and show up to a race with a full supply of glycogen, it only provides about 1,400 to...
by Melissa Boufounos | Nov 1, 2018 | Recipes, Main Meals, Nutrition
I don’t know if you know this, but I am obsessed with soup. Like, ADDICTED. As in, even when it’s 30 degrees Celsius outside and I am sweating through my clothes, I still crave and eat soup. One of my favourite restaurants in our town is a soup cafe. Every...
by Melissa Boufounos | Oct 6, 2018 | Nutrition
How to Read the New Nutrition Facts Tables The Nutrition Facts table is on the side of most packaged foods. It’s often found close to the ingredient listing. The purpose of it is to help you make better nutrition decisions. When you can see the number of calories,...
