All of these, perhaps with the exception of D, are not absorbed well in supplement form. I do recommend supplementing, but you should prioritize real food. Smoothies are maybe the best idea - include collagen from eggs and fish (ancient nutrition is a good brand), dark, leafy greens for magnesium, and blueberries for vitamin c. Focus on seafood like salmon, tuna and mackerel for omega 3s. Research foods for osteoporosis, which is all about building back bone. Don’t forget the K, which the highly trained team didn’t mention. I’d throw avocados into the smoothie for that. Also make sure the vitamin D supplement includes K.

I’m sorry about your son’s injury. My 17 year old son just injured his arm pitching, and he feels like life has lost all joy because he’ll lose most of his season. Poor guy.

I make my son lots of smoothies. Two main types - protein powder, ovaltine, peanut butter, and milk or mango puree, yogurt, and milk. I can put extra stuff in those and he just slurps them down.

Being an athlete means you have to suck stuff up. Put the meds in his shake and tell him to just get it down.

Anonymous wrote:Your kid is too old to be hiding stuff in his food. Ridiculous

Agree. He’s 16. Tell him what his master degree coaches recommend and why. He can choose to follow the guidance or not.
He can also experiment with ways to hide the recommended supplements.

Anonymous wrote:Ask the nutritionist with a master’s degree for food/recipe ideas.

Not a nutritionist -- that's a fake degree.

A registered dietician

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Anonymous wrote:What are the educational qualifications of his "training staff"?

All masters degrees and up - he’s in a special program.

Just seems a little extreme for a 16 yo.

I don’t want to get too far off the path, but yeah he’s a very high level athlete and is part of an organization where they develop young talent.

Suuuurrreeee.

not OP but what's the point of this snark. It's early, it's friday and it's beautiful outside.

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Anonymous wrote:Ask the nutritionist with a master’s degree for food/recipe ideas.

+1 and drink lots of bone broth

That's what I was going to say.

Trader Joe's sometimes has bones but H-mart type stores (Good Fortune) always has them. Start early. Rinse in cold water. Roast on 400 for about 30 minutes. Add to pot with a carrot, celery, onion. Gently simmer for 12-36 hours. After stove-simmering for the day, I put mine in a crock pot on low over night. Best bone broth ever.

For added flavor, go get either a Costco rotisserie chicken on a pollo a la brazza from Super Pollo or some such place. Strip it of chicken and add those bones to your other bones.

Herbs: sage and bay leaves, salt to taste at the end, thyme.
80 calories/10g protein per 8 oz.

Oh, cool and skim the fat before serving.

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Anonymous wrote:What are the educational qualifications of his "training staff"?

All masters degrees and up - he’s in a special program.

Just seems a little extreme for a 16 yo.

I don’t want to get too far off the path, but yeah he’s a very high level athlete and is part of an organization where they develop young talent.

Suuuurrreeee.

Anonymous wrote:Ask the nutritionist with a master’s degree for food/recipe ideas.

+1 and drink lots of bone broth