Dr. David Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. He helps athletes and active people feel and perform their best, regardless of age, injuries and medical history. He has been featured in major media publications and shows over 2,500 times throughout his career.
Eating more vegetables each day might make you happier. In a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture studied 75 adults who normally ate low amounts of vegetables. Half of them were assigned to eat two and a half servings of vegetables, legumes, avocados, and other nutrient-dense plants each day. After just eight weeks, the adults who ate more vegetables had higher scores on a happiness scale than they did before the study, and more happiness than those in the study who did not eat more vegetables. Plus, you don’t need to eat large amounts of vegetables. The amount of vegetables in this study – two and a half servings – is far less than what most nutrition experts recommend.
Through the stories of a dozen athletes whose injuries and recovery advanced the field (including Joan Benoit, Michael Jordan, Brandi Chastain, and Tommy John), Dr. Geier explains how sports medicine makes sports safer for the pros, amateurs, student-athletes, and weekend warriors alike.
