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Best Fitness Foods For Women
Want to fuel your workout? Women's Health talked to Maureen Callahan, R.D. to reveal the 17 best fitness foods for women.
Bagels, whole grain
Never mind Dr. Atkins--carbs are the optimal workout food. "Not the simple ones, because they wind you up and drop you down," says Jackie Berning, Ph.D., R.D., a nutrition professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and counselor to sports teams. "You want complex carbohydrates in their natural package, aka whole grains." A whole-grain bagel is an ideal pre-sweat-session pick: You'll digest it slowly because of all the fiber, which will deliver a steady flow of energy over time rather than one big burst.
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