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ELLEN COLEMAN - The Fuel Coach
Ellen Coleman, RD, MA, MPH is a registered dietitian and exercise physiologist in Riverside, California. She is the nutrition consultant for The Sport Clinic and has consulted with the Los Angeles Lakers Basketball team and Anaheim Angels baseball team.  Ellen is the author of two books (Bull Publishing) - Ultimate Sports Nutrition, 2nd ed. (co-author, 2000) and Eating for Endurance, 3rd ed. (1997). She has also authored three continuing education courses (Nutrition Dimension) for health professionals - Diet, Exercise, and Fitness, 5th ed. (2002), Cardiovascular Nutrition and Fitness, 4th ed. (2001), and Nutrition Quackery, 3rd ed. (2001).  She is the nutrition columnist for Sports Medicine Digest and lectures extensively on the dietary needs of athletes and active people.
Ellen has a BS in Home Economics from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a MPH in Nutrition from Loma Linda University, and a MA in Physical Education from the University of California at Davis.

Ellen has completed numerous marathons and 200 mile bicycle races and is a two time finisher of the Hawaii Ironman triathlon. Ellen is a member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition Practice Group (SCAN) of the ADA, and the American College of Sports Medicine. She received the 1994 SCAN achievement award and a 1995 California Dietetic Association award for excellence in private practice.

For more information, please contact Ellen directly.

Education
M.A. Physical Education, exercise physiology major, University of California, Davis, CA, June 1981
M.P.H. Nutrition, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, June 1997
B.S. Home Economics, dietetics major, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, June 1975

Certifications
1984 American College of Sports Medicine, Certified Program Director
1978 American Dietetic Association, Registered Dietitian

Professional Organizations

American Dietetic Association (ADA) - Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness

Nutrition
Practice Group (SCAN)
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Publications
1997 Carbohydate unloading. Phys.Sportsmed. 25:97-98
1997 Nutrition columnist for Sports Medicine Digest (since 1983)
1997 Eating for Endurance, 3rd ed., Bull Publishing
1996 The Ultimate Sports Nutrition Handbook, co-author, Bull Publishing1996 Nutrition in Sports. ACS M's Essentials of Sports Medicine, eds Sallis and Massimino, Mosby

1996 The Bio Zone Nutrition System -- a Dietary Panacea? Int. J. Sports Nutr. 6:69-71
1996 Diet. Exercise. and Fitness, 3rd ed., Nutrition Dimension
1995 Nutrition Quackery, Nutrition Dimension
1995 Cardiovascular Nutrition and Fitness, 2nd ed., Nutrition Dimension
1994 Update on carbohydrates - solid versus liquid. mt. J. Sports Nutr. 4:80-88
1991 Carbohydrates: the Master Fuel. Sports Nutrition for the 90's, eds Berning and Steen, Aspen Publishers

1991 An eating plan and update on recommended dietary practices for the endurance athlete, co-author, J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 91:325-330

1979 on Articles in Runner's World, Bicycling, Women's Sports and Fitness, Lectures and Media
1996 Lecturer at SCAN Regional Sports Nutrition Workshops ("Energy Systems for Exercise") since 1993

1993 "Update on Carbohydrates -- Solid versus Liquid," lecture at International Sports Nutrition Conference

1993 "Sports Nutrition Update," lecture at ADA meeting
1992 "Three Sports Nutritionists: How We Got Our Foot in the Door and Are Keeping it There," lecture at SCAN symposium

1990 "Special Dietary Measures for the Athlete," lecture at ACSM team physician course
1989 "Nutritional Concerns of Masters Athletes," lecture at ADA meeting
1988 "Eating and Drinking for Endurance," lecture at SCAN symposium
1987 Interviewed on American Broadcasting Corporation's "Health Show"
1986 "Nutritional Concerns of Ultra-Endurance Athletes," lecture at ADA meeting
1984 "Nutrition for Athletes," Hospital Satellite Network video production
1984 "Glycogen and Endurance," lecture at SCAN symposium
1983 on Lecturer at various state dietetic association meetings
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