More Than Calories- It’s Life

You into food? Into sports stats? Here are some numbers…

• LSU Athletes consume over 81,000 pounds of meat per year

• They eat their greens to the tune of 83,176 pounds per year

• 5,000 pounds of pizza dough are hand-tossed each year

• Over 650 gallons of olive oil are used in our heart healthy meals annually

  FACT: The Performance Nutrition Center (PNC) at Football Operations is a huge part of the success of our Athletics programs. But have you had a chance to actually see all that goes on in the “back of the house?” Chef Michael Johnson and his talented crew walk us through their kitchen and describe what it’s like to be a student of culinary cuisine in a world of elite athletics!

  Watch this video from Sports Dissected to understand how their stripes are earned!