Female athletes trade thin for results

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Hi All,

I do not recall seeing the below from CNN before in this list. CR may not be so

good for so extreme for exercise.

Female athletes trade thin for results

More discovering that thinner doesn't mean stronger

Wednesday, November 30, 2005; Posted: 9:22 a.m. EST (14:22 GMT)

DENVER, Colorado (AP)

-- After collapsing at the end of two marathons and struggling to swim just a

single length of the pool, Olympic hopeful sh knew she needed

some

help. She got it from an unexpected source: a registered dietitian.

The 25-year-old sh has been a runner for nearly as long as she can

remember,

and began competing in triathlons in 1998. Like many female athletes, she

strictly

limited her food -- dipping as low as 800 calories a day -- to improve her

performance by losing weight.

But her results were just the opposite.

" I used to wake up really tired, " she said. " I used to take a lot of time off

training because I was so exhausted. "

Last summer, sh tried nutritional counseling. After about a month of

sessions

with dietitian Pudwill, the athlete said her energy levels soared and her

performance improved. Weight loss was no longer her primary goal.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/30/athletes.nutrition.ap/index.ht\

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Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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