With the Super Bowl and 2014 Winter Olympics on everyone's mind, we thought we would sit down with a sports nutritionist to get a better idea of what athletes eat and don't eat both while they're competing and during the off-season.

Leslie Bonci, RD, MPH, is the director of sports medicine nutrition for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Center for Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She serves as the sports dietitian for the University of Pittsburgh’s department of athletics, and is a nutrition consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays and the Washington Nationals.