Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Nutrition coach rates athlete trends

2 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube segment, a nutrition coach evaluates a series of popular athlete nutrition trends, assigning each a numeric rating from 0 to 10 and offering concise commentary. The coach gives intermittent fasting a rating of 1, emphasizing that high‑school athletes often under‑fuel and need consistent energy. Post‑game chocolate milk receives a 9 for its combination of carbs and protein. The carnivore diet is scored 1, with the coach noting the necessity of carbohydrates and vegetables. Juice cleanses are rated 0 as ineffective. Bananas for cramping earn a 4, praised for potassium but noted that other electrolytes are also required. Hydrogen water bottles get a 2‑3, with the recommendation to simply stay hydrated with regular water. Daily creatine supplementation is rated a perfect 10 for its benefits to performance, recovery, and even brain function. The segment ends with a prompt about massive pasta dinners for carb‑loading, implying a high rating, though the exact score isn’t captured in the transcript. Overall, the coach stresses balanced macronutrients, adequate hydration, and evidence‑based supplementation over fad trends.

Intermittent fasting for athletes.
If you're talking high school athletes, I'd say 1 for sure. Um, you need to fuel up. Most athletes are underfueling and under-eating.
Post-game chocolate milk.
I love chocolate milk. I'll put 9 there. It's got good carbs and good protein in it for the athlete's body.
Carnivore diet, 1.
Protein is so, so important, but you need a lot of good carbohydrates too, and vegetables.
Juice cleanses.
Zero.
Don't do those, not worth it. Bananas for cramping.
Four. Bananas are awesome, they have really great potassium in them, but you also need other electrolytes too.
Probably won't keep you from cramping eating thousands of bananas. Hydrogen water bottles.
Two or three. I've seen some stuff on that, but honestly most athletes just deal with drinking enough water as is, so just focus on getting water in instead of like a super fancy hydrogen water bottle.
Daily creatine?
10. Creatine's so great, so good for your performance, for your recovery, for your brain, for everything. So 10.
Massive pasta dinner the night before a game to carb load?
8. Pasta is just high in carbs, and carbs are going to give you the energy that you need in the game the next day, so that's fantastic.