GSU Magazine: Food for Thought
Nutrition; Connections Alumni section
Nutrition; Connections Alumni section
This article is about Page Love, a nutrition alumna of Georgia State University who has her own nutrition consulting firm and has consulted professionally for professional athletes.
Page Love (M.S.'90) has worked with athletes from around the country to improve their health and performance.
Currently the nutritionist works with the Atlanta Braves organization and the ATP and WTA Professional Tennis Tours to maximize athletes' energy and performance.
Her journey started back in 1976 in grade school when she complained about the dreaded mushy vegetables and mystery meat she saw in school lunches.
Love wrote a letter to Georgia's then-governor, George Busbee, about how unappealing school meals were, and the governor responded, stating "the foods we like the most are not always the ones that are best for us." Ever since, Love has advocated for better nutrition for all.
"I really got all fired up," she said.
As founder and proprietor of Nutrifit Sport Therapy, she not only works with professional athletes, but with clients in the general public to improve the way they eat, helping them address problems from obesity to anorexia.
Numerous factors are contributing to the obesity crisis in America, Love said. Going back to school lunches, she notes that many include too many refined carbohydrates, and even though they include vegetables, kids often don't find them palatable because of how they are prepared.
"They're not getting enough quality, and many kids skimp on meals at school," Love said. "And this leads to them being hungrier by the time they get home, and they crave more refined food."
Love said that many people - even if they are not athletes - may actually need to eat more, not less, but the meals should be spread out over the day and must be healthy.
"So many people skimp during the day and become ravenous at night," Love said. "In America, we often do the opposite of how you should fuel yourself."
Currently the nutritionist works with the Atlanta Braves organization and the ATP and WTA Professional Tennis Tours to maximize athletes' energy and performance.
Her journey started back in 1976 in grade school when she complained about the dreaded mushy vegetables and mystery meat she saw in school lunches.
Love wrote a letter to Georgia's then-governor, George Busbee, about how unappealing school meals were, and the governor responded, stating "the foods we like the most are not always the ones that are best for us." Ever since, Love has advocated for better nutrition for all.
"I really got all fired up," she said.
As founder and proprietor of Nutrifit Sport Therapy, she not only works with professional athletes, but with clients in the general public to improve the way they eat, helping them address problems from obesity to anorexia.
Numerous factors are contributing to the obesity crisis in America, Love said. Going back to school lunches, she notes that many include too many refined carbohydrates, and even though they include vegetables, kids often don't find them palatable because of how they are prepared.
"They're not getting enough quality, and many kids skimp on meals at school," Love said. "And this leads to them being hungrier by the time they get home, and they crave more refined food."
Love said that many people - even if they are not athletes - may actually need to eat more, not less, but the meals should be spread out over the day and must be healthy.
"So many people skimp during the day and become ravenous at night," Love said. "In America, we often do the opposite of how you should fuel yourself."