The Sports Nutrition Playbook · Amy Goodson

Ep. 56 Smart Summer Snacking for Athletes

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Amy Goodson opens the show by framing sports nutrition as practical help for athletes, parents, coaches, and athletic trainers. She brings on Megan Reamer to talk about summer snacking for athletes, especially the everyday challenge of feeding kids who are constantly moving in different directions. Megan explains that Jackson's began because her oldest son, Jackson, had a very restrictive diet, and the family wanted a better version of familiar foods in both taste and ingredient profile. That idea became Jackson's Sweet Potato Chips. Megan also shares that she has four kids, which makes the feeding challenge feel even more real. The conversation shows how snack choices quickly become part of family logistics, and how a brand can grow out of that pressure instead of trying to ignore it. Megan talks about how the business evolved over time, including a Shark Tank appearance about four years into the company, after they were already pretty big and already had national distribution. She says that visibility helped push the business further, especially on e-commerce and DTC channels like Amazon and the company website. The episode keeps coming back to the idea that better-for-you snacks can still be practical and appealing. It never turns into a lecture; it sounds like two people working through a real-life food problem. The closing stretch brings the conversation back to summer travel and snack choice, including road trips and airplane trips. By the end, the snack story feels bigger than the snack itself.

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A founder story that keeps summer snacking practical for busy families.

A sports dietitian and a snack founder turn summer snacking into something practical instead of generic wellness talk. The episode stays close to a parent concern: how to feed athletic kids on the go, keep familiar tastes in the mix, and make choices that help with performance…

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Hear how a mom-founded chip brand came out of a kid’s restrictive diet and a search for better summer snacks for athletes.

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