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Championship calibre athletes deserve champion quality foods
Championship calibre athletes deserve champion quality foods
Date: 3/23/2015 5:39:48 PM ( 9 y ) ... viewed 933 times Championship calibre athletes deserve champion quality foods
I had some ideas rolling around my mind the last couple days since I read that AQ, one of our top SDSU Star basketball players was down with food poisoning or flu like symptoms from eating a turkey sandwich. Then, the story expanded to say that a number of athletes and coaches had flu-like symptoms during the Duke-Aztecs NCAA Championship. the Aztecs were not at their best in this game. I am sure this was for many reasons. I would like to see food working in their favor, as well as natural supplements.
It makes me want to write to champion producing basketball coach Steve Fisher and offer my services as your enchanted Gardener.
I've been closely investing in the Astec basketball team the last two years. I've had to my emotional well-being tied in with the victories.
It left a disappointing feeling with me that the Aztecs were not at their best against Duke in the NCAA finals.
The news reported that AQ,one of our best players, and perhaps a number of the others were down with food poisoning set me ablaze.
I would like a full report on exactly what they had eaten or what were the details that kept some of our top performers not at their best when they needed to be.
It's clear to me that food does make a difference.
I recognize that a great deal of income comes from advertising and this adds to the monetary gain perhaps of the athletic program indirectly. However champion quality athletes deserve the finest foods and know how to eat and dictate to themselves the best possible energy at game time.
It's important to slow down a little bit and tell the truth.
Most of the foods that our touted in the commercials do not improve health. They lower health.
The fact that some reports.said AQ got food poisoning from a turkey sandwich raises questions for me.
I really want to hear more about this.
As a follow-up I would like the team members to have an opportunity to understand what championship quality food would be like.
When I was a kid we had a cereal that called itself the breakfast of champions.
Today it's clear that most processed foods including wheat make many people allergic.
I want this conversation to be put on the table.
Food reform is needed for the benefit of our kids who are BB Fans as well as our athletes.
Leslie Goldman
Your enchanted Gardener
# plantyourdreamblog
March 23, 2015 3:39 PM
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Some San Diego State players, coaches sick during loss to Duke
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San Diego State's Aqeel Quinn sits on the bench late in the second half of an NCAA tournament college basketball game against Duke in the Round of 32 in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, March 22, 2015. Duke won 68-49. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Aqeel Quinn came down with a stomach bug Thursday, and a San Diego State official said that bug had spread to other players and coaches by game time Sunday.
San Diego State was battling a lot more than just top seed Duke and star freshman Jahlil Okafor on Sunday.
Team spokesman Mike May said several players and coaches, including head coach Steve Fisher, are battling a stomach bug
The trouble began when senior guard Aqeel Quinn came down with what the team thought was a case of food poisoning after eating a turkey sandwich Thursday.
Head athletic trainer Tom Abdenour said he started hearing that others weren't feeling well by Saturday evening.
"Coach Fisher said he wasn't feeling well after practice, then ... there's a text from this one, text from that one," he said. "It was, 'Wait a second, what's going on here?'"
Abdenour said Fisher and assistant coach Brian Dutcher needed IVs on Sunday, while several players told him they weren't feeling well at breakfast.
CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 22: Jahlil Okafor #15 of the Duke Blue Devils reacts against the San Diego State Aztecs during the third round of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Time Warner Cable Arena on March 22, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Bob Leverone/Getty Images)
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Abdenour, who spent more than two decades as head athletic trainer with the NBA's Golden State Warriors, said the list included senior Dwayne Polee II, junior Angelo Chol, and freshmen Kevin Zabo and Malik Pope; as well as assistant David Velasquez, and director of basketball operations Matt Soria.
Abdenour said radio play-by-play announcer Ted Leitner was also battling the bug.
"That's not fun to deal with that, but that had no impact on how we competed, what we did, how we played," Fisher said. "That had no bearing on it."
San Diego State started 4-for-19 from the field and fell behind quickly against a Blue Devils team that came out sharp.
The Aztecs played better in the second half, getting as close as seven points before Duke ultimately put the game away in a 68-49 win. San Diego State shot just 19-for-58 for the game.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/san-diego-state-aztecs-players-coaches-fighting-stomach-bug-032215
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