About Sports Nutrition Basics

Sports Nutrition Basics is an independent website with plain-language guides to sports and exercise nutrition. The guides explain how the energy nutrients work, what common terms mean, and how to tell a science-based statement from marketing.

What this site is not

• It does not offer courses, continuing-education credit, certificates, subscriptions or enrollment.
• It is not run by, or affiliated with, the American Academy of Sports Dietitians and Nutritionists (AASDN) or Fitness Learning Systems. An earlier version of this domain listed a course from those organizations; that catalog is no longer here.
• It does not give personal diet or medical advice.

How the guides are written

The guides summarise widely used references such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and position statements from professional nutrition organizations, and say where individual needs differ. If you find an error, please let us know through the contact page.