Yes. All nutrition recommendations are age-appropriate and health-focused. I'm a Registered Dietitian, which means I'm trained specifically in nutrition science and how it applies to growing athletes. I don't put young players on restrictive diets or push extreme approaches. 

Everything is designed to support your growth, development, and performance. The goal is to fuel your body properly so you can train harder, recover faster, and perform better—not to restrict food or create unhealthy relationships with eating.

You get something better than a rigid meal plan, you get a fueling framework. Meal plans sound great in theory, but they're hard to follow in real life. You have school, practice, games, travel, and a schedule that changes week to week. Instead of giving you a plan that tells you to eat chicken and rice at 5:00 PM every day, I teach you how to fuel yourself properly based on your schedule, your preferences, and what's actually available to you. 

You'll get structured guidance, examples, and templates—but flexible enough that you can actually stick to it.

No. Food comes first, always. If your nutrition foundation isn't solid, supplements won't fix anything—they'll just be expensive and ineffective. That said, once we've dialed in your eating habits, there are a few evidence-based supplements that can support performance and recovery (like creatine, protein powder, or vitamin D if you're deficient).

 But I'll never push supplements on you, and you definitely don't need to buy anything to get results. Real food is the priority.

Yes—if that's your goal, we'll build a nutrition plan specifically for body composition changes. But here's the key: we do it without sacrificing your performance. A lot of players try to add muscle by eating like bodybuilders, or they try to lose fat by drastically cutting calories—and their game suffers. What we do is different. We adjust your nutrition to support your body composition goals while keeping your energy, recovery, and performance high. You can build muscle without feeling sluggish. You can drop body fat without losing strength. It just takes the right strategy.

We work with your situation. If your family cooks certain meals or keeps certain foods in the house, we figure out how to make it work. Sometimes that means small adjustments to what's already being made. 

Sometimes it means teaching you how to add to meals to make them more performance-focused. Sometimes it means having easy options you can grab yourself. 

The plan has to fit your real life, or it won't work. I'm not going to ask your parents to overhaul their entire kitchen—we'll find practical solutions that work for your household

Yes. Whether you're lactose intolerant, gluten-free, vegetarian, or dealing with other restrictions, we'll work within your limitations. Nutrition isn't one-size-fits-all, and there are always alternatives.

 The strategies still work, you just need a plan that fits your specific situation.

No. I don't put young athletes on restrictive diets, ever. This is about fueling properly for performance and health, not about restriction, elimination, or making food stressful. If anything, a lot of young players need to eat more, not less. 

The goal is to build healthy, sustainable habits that support their development and performance, not create disordered eating or unhealthy relationships with food.