{"id":504212,"date":"2026-02-28T01:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504212\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:12:10","slug":"wnba-star-cameron-brink-shares-her-nutrition-game-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504212\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Cameron Brink Shares Her Nutrition Game Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/clock-regular.4ddebeb.svg\" alt=\"Estimated read time\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>2 min read<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/life\/a68157572\/wnba-vs-unrivaled\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/life\/a68157572\/wnba-vs-unrivaled\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Unrivaled\" data-node-id=\"0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unrivaled<\/a> playoffs kick off Saturday, February 28, with six team in the running\u2014including one of the league&#8217;s newest teams, Breeze Basketball Club, featuring 24-year-old superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/life\/a46461858\/cameron-brink-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/life\/a46461858\/cameron-brink-what-to-know\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Cameron Brink\" data-node-id=\"0.3\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cameron Brink<\/a> in the post. It&#8217;s Cam&#8217;s first year on the court for Unrivaled (she was supposed to play in 2025 but was sidelined because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/health\/a63571900\/cameron-brink-injury-recovery-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/health\/a63571900\/cameron-brink-injury-recovery-training\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"knee injury\" data-node-id=\"0.5\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">knee injury<\/a>), but if you&#8217;re familiar with her work as a forward for the WNBA&#8217;s Los Angeles Sparks, you know she&#8217;s a force to be reckoned with. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">It probably goes without saying that no player can successfully crash the boards night after night without the proper training, recovery, and nutrition. And for Cam, that means a diet rich in both carbohydrates and protein. (Yes, despite online rumor-mongers and trolls, Cam does actually eat a ton of protein.)<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;When people look at me, they assume I&#8217;m maybe not eating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/weight-loss\/a19907503\/protein-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/weight-loss\/a19907503\/protein-weight-loss\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"high-protein diet\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">high-protein diet<\/a>,&#8221; Cam says, addressing the claims in the latest episode of the Women&#8217;s Health video series Fuel Like. &#8220;I have three high-protein meals with a lot of carbs, and then I have three snacks with a protein shake, and I do that every single day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More Fuel Like:<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">So what does that eating plan look like? Cam starts her morning with overnight oats\u2014combining steel-cut oats, whole milk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/food\/a64716752\/chia-seed-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/food\/a64716752\/chia-seed-benefits\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"chia seeds\" data-node-id=\"5.1\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">chia seeds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/fitness\/g44630683\/best-protein-powders-for-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/fitness\/g44630683\/best-protein-powders-for-women\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"protein powder\" data-node-id=\"5.3\" class=\"body-link css-1e57p3n emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">protein powder<\/a>, and honey, and topping it all off with a handful of berries and almond butter. Lunch is typically a chicken breast, followed by a dinner of steak with a few sides. Snacks will vary, but she likes to eat one particular childhood classic right before each game: a PB&amp;J.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;Once I get to the facility, I try to have a peanut butter jelly sandwich throughout my warm up and just getting ready to play,&#8221; she says, adding that she usually chases it with a handful of fruit snacks for the carbs. Yes, the lunch you packed for yourself in the second grade is now fueling one of the most elite athletes in the game.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">To hear more about Cam&#8217;s approach to nutrition\u2014including the sneaky way she incorporates greens into her diet\u2014watch the latest episode of Fuel Like above!  <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/25b8e4ed-cd77-4159-9e7d-c6348714482b_1737125109.file.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Amy Wilkinson\" title=\"Headshot of Amy Wilkinson\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amy Wilkinson is a contributing entertainment editor at Women&#8217;s Health, where she edits the magazine&#8217;s celebrity cover stories and writes health features. She has previously held editor titles at Entertainment Weekly and MTV News. In 2021, Amy completed her 600-hour teacher-training at Core Pilates NYC to become a comprehensively trained Pilates instructor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read The 2026 Unrivaled playoffs kick off Saturday, February 28, with six team in the running\u2014including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,200411,2910,201143,784,1642,201142,82,630],"class_list":["post-504212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-collection-sports-athletes","tag-content-type-feature","tag-contentid-8790aac8-ec80-40cd-8a4b-6acdb28b6a34","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-how-basketball-star-cameron-brink-fuels-her-body","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}