Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

How to eat more food

24 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional segment, the presenter addresses athletes who struggle to eat enough, especially those whose appetite is suppressed by ADHD medication. He advises that eating does not have to be driven by desire; instead, it should be treated as a task to be completed. The core recommendation is to prioritize calorie‑dense foods—such as peanut butter, oats, rice, and potatoes—so that a smaller volume provides a larger caloric intake, making it easier to meet energy needs despite a low appetite.

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to my athletes who have zero appetite, whether it be due to you just not being used to eating enough, maybe you're on ADHD medication and it's suppressing your appetite. I get it, it can be so hard to eat, but you don't have to want to eat in order to eat. Sometimes you got to see food as just one of those things on the list that needs to get done. And for you guys, I would really focus on calorie-dense foods. When you take a pound of lead versus a pound of feathers, a pound of feathers is going to be at least a huge pillow, and a pound of lead is going to be this big. You want the food that is lead-worthy. You want food that packs bunch, has a ton of calories in it. So peanut butter, oats, rice, potatoes, all of those types of food are super calorically dense, and so you can eat less of them for more calories.