Nutrition Consultant to Discuss Safety of Nutritional Supplements
Jacqueline Berning
Jacqueline Berning, a nutrition consultant to the Denver Broncos for more than 25 years, will show University of Arkansas athletic training education students how to determine whether a nutritional supplement is safe to use.
Berning’s talk is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in Room 103 of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building. It is free and is also open to the public.
Berning’s presentation titled “Sports Nutrition Update: Recovery Nutrition and Supplements” is part of the scholar lecture series sponsored by the athletic training education program in the College of Education and Health Professions. She will cover the latest information regarding nutrition recovery and show how what a person eats after exercise influences the next day’s performance.
Berning will also discuss some nutritional supplements being marketed to athletes and evaluate the science behind them.
Berning, a professor of biology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, is a Certified Board Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She earned her doctorate in nutrition from Colorado State University. She has worked as a nutrition consultant for several college and professional teams including the Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies.
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Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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