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Pens' Chef Fuels Team's Success with Clean Eating
Pittsburgh Tribune

As the Pittsburgh Penguins head into the Stanley Cup playoffs, "what you put into your body affects your performance,” says Geoff Straub, executive chef for Parkhurst at the UPMC Sports Complex and Pittsburgh Penguins cafe in Cranberry.

There's been a big shift in thinking among professional athletes — and even amateurs are starting to realize — that you'll get much more on the ice or on the field if you eat well,” he says.  For the Pens, that means whole grains, organic meats and vegetables, nothing deep-fried or overprocessed, and no refined sugars. “It's clean eating,” he says. 

Read more on how Parkhurst feeds professional athletes in the Pittsburgh Tribune!

Pens' Chef Fuels Team's Success with Clean Eating
Pittsburgh Tribune

As the Pittsburgh Penguins head into the Stanley Cup playoffs, "what you put into your body affects your performance,” says Geoff Straub, executive chef for Parkhurst at the UPMC Sports Complex and Pittsburgh Penguins cafe in Cranberry.

There's been a big shift in thinking among professional athletes — and even amateurs are starting to realize — that you'll get much more on the ice or on the field if you eat well,” he says.  For the Pens, that means whole grains, organic meats and vegetables, nothing deep-fried or overprocessed, and no refined sugars. “It's clean eating,” he says. 

Read more on how Parkhurst feeds professional athletes in the Pittsburgh Tribune!