What do sports dietitians suggest?

Although not all of us are athletes, the diets of those who regularly participate in sports can sometimes be a great guide to proper nutrition habits.

Now, I'm not advocating sports diets to the standard non-athlete citizen -- only that some aspects of sports nutrition are good guidelines for all-around excellent nutrition, which then leads to better health (at least from my experience). Areas like carbohydrate intake, the "right kind" of calories and the consumption of water (not anything else really, as your body only required water) are the areas I'm focusing in on here.

Take a quick break and read this interview with sports dietitian Roberta Anding over at The Diet Channel. It's quite fascinating and lends some great insight into muscle building and protein intake wrapped inside a healthy diet -- among other things. A great read!