According to Dr. Louis Grivetti, Professor of Cultural Nutrition at the University of California, Davis, people have been searching for performance enhancing foods since prehistoric times. Today, the quest for the ultimate sports food continues. While no one food will help you become a star athlete, you can enhance your physical abilities by eating a well balanced diet.

Follow the steps below to determine if you are eating a nutritious diet:

1. Use NutriQuest^TM to keep a 3-day food diary

2. To determine if your diet is balanced: make sure you are eating foods from each of the food groups on the Food Guide Pyramid.

3. To determine if your diet is varied enough note if your are eating a wide range of foods from each food group on the Food Guide Pyramid.

4. Ask yourself "How is my weight?" "Am I eating the right number of calories to maintain a healthy body weight?"