020 - The Proper Nutrition Needed for Athletes

Melissa Boufounos is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist in the Ottawa area. A lifelong athlete, she specialize in sports nutrition and mainly work with teen and adolescent hockey players in her virtual private practice. Her mission is to help the next generation of hockey players optimize their diets and health so they can perform their best on and off the ice and avoid the mistakes she made growing up that cut her playing career short. In this episode Coach G. and Melissa discuss the importance of nutrition for athletes. Melissa not only dives into the importance of proper nutrition before games, but also during and after games. As an expert Nutritionist, Melissa shares the best type of foods to eat to help prepare for competition and the best foods to eat to help with performance recovery. Follow Melissa on Instagram HERE Visit Melissa's website HERE