Sports Nutrition

Mushrooms for Sports Performance

Proper nutrition plays an important role in enhancing athletic performance. Mushrooms’ team of nutrients and health profile are ideal for a sports performance diet.

College & Professional Sports Dietitians Association

Mushrooms are on athletic training tables across the country because mushroom nutrition and The Blend™ play an important role in enhancing athletic and personal performance.

Why Mushrooms Are a Perfect Fit in a High-Performance Diets

Team of nutrients:

VITAMIN D to help maintain and support strong bones.
ERGOTHIONEINE, a naturally occurring antioxidant that may help protect the body’s cells.
POTASSIUM to help muscles contract, regulate fluids and mineral balance for recovery and muscle hydration.
SELENIUM to help improve immune function and repair cellular damage.
COPPER to help make red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body.
B VITAMINS to help to provide energy by breaking down proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

Health Profile

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Why The Blend ™ is a Nutritional Powerhouse

The Blend™ helps athletes eat the food they grew up with and the food they crave, but with all the protein, amino acids, Vitamin B12 and iron from meat along with Vitamin D, Potassium, Selenium, Ergothioneine and Glutathione from mushrooms.  Where else can you get a power meal that delivers energy, antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, supports immunity, adds fiber, promotes brain cognition and may have beta-glucans.  That is the “Power of &”. 

Resources

Downloadable Handouts

Introduce The Blend™ to your Athletes: Learn how and why you should introduce The Blend™ technique to your athletes.

Recipes from Sports Dietitians

Download Blended recipes developed and approved by top sports RDs.

Calendar

The Mushroom Council participates in a number of noteworthy industry events, samplings, presentations, conference and tradeshows. See what Nutrition events we are attending this year.

All About Mushrooms

Mushrooms are nature’s hidden treasure: always in season and grown year-round. Learn more about the magnificent mushroom – from nutritional benefits to umami – we shed some light on this versatile superfood.

“As a mushroom lover myself, it has been a pleasure introducing The Blend™ to Weis Markets customers through cooking demos, magazine/social media content and sampling events. Not only do they find the technique to be incredibly easy, but they feel good knowing that it’s improving the nutritional value and flavor of their family’s favorite recipes. At Weis Markets, educating customers on The Blend™ has also proven to be an effective way to produce positive sales results in the mushroom and meat categories. ”
Weis Markets, Inc
“ I started using The Blend™ a few years ago, so I jumped on the opportunity to share this trend with my customers. Our team of TasteStation ambassadors spent a weekend cooking and teaching our customers The Blend™ and the results were outstanding. Not only did sales increase on mushrooms and meat, we made many new friends by showing them a quick, tasty way to add nutrition to their family meals!” ”
Redner’s Warehouse Markets
“The Blend™ is the exact type of unique, creative, and applicable concept that is perfect for the retail nutrition space. It makes for a great demo, object lesson, or talking point for store tours. The creative use of mushrooms in this fashion fulfills so many objectives: increase fiber, decrease saturated fat, and boost veggie intake. Every retail RD should have The Blend™ in their personal toolkit!”
Kroger Corporate Dietitian
“Partnering with the Mushroom Council was a helpful tool for the work that I do for inspiring healthier shopping choices with our customers. They were easy to work with and helped make my work more efficient since they provided me with their expertise in artwork and talking points to use. The Blend™ concept with mushrooms is not only super tasty but also easy, economical and nutritious… every aspect that a dietitian needs to incorporate. Customers love the mushroom burger. It is such a clever marketing idea for mushrooms that I never would have thought of in this way, without them. I highly recommend others to use their resources.”
The Kroger Co. Dietitian

Press Releases

Find our past and present press releases distributed by the Mushroom Council.