SportFuel is an integrative nutrition consulting firm based in Western Springs, a west suburb of Chicago. We incorporate nutrition strategies that have worked for professional and elite althetes into everyday living. Our Customized Nutrition programs include nutrition assessment, nutritional testing, coaching and recommendations for diet and lifestyle changes, homeopathics, herbs, vitamins, minerals, and specific supplement formulations.
Julie H. Burns, MS, RD, CCN Julie H. Burns, MS, RD, CCN, renowned Holistic Sports Nutritionist, is the founder of SportFuel, Inc., an integrative sports nutrition and wellness consulting firm, and Eat Like the Pros®, a customized local and sustainable organic meal delivery service. Current and past clients include the 2010 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, the 2005 World Series Chicago White Sox baseball team, the Chicago Bears football team, the 1993-1998 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls, the NBA Development League, Northwestern University's varsity teams, Next Level Performance and individual pro and elite athletes worldwide.
Julie is regularly retained to educate strength coaches, athletic trainers, amateur athletes and health care professionals about her innovative sports nutrition approach. As a mother of teenage triplets, she is often asked to address mother’s groups, parent associations, and other lay audiences. Julie also consults with food and public relations companies.
Julie previously served as Director of Research at the Chicago Center for Clinical Research, a former affiliate of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. She specialized in cardiovascular experimental nutritionals and pharmaceuticals and had an adjunct faculty appointment at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in the Department of Nutrition.
A regular presence on Chicago-area network and cable television, Julie is frequently interviewed by major newspapers and magazines. She co-edited the second edition of Cardiovascular Disease: Nutrition for Prevention and Treatment, a manual for health professionals, published by the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She has published articles in major medical journals, and developed the brochure for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) based on their Position Stand on Exercise and Fluid Replacement. Julie’s sports nutrition chapter contributions include a Sports Beverage chapter for Macroelements, Water, and Electrolytes and Basketball: Power Jam Nutrition, in Sports Nutrition: A Guide for the Professional Working with Active People-3rd edition.
Julie earned her bachelor degree in Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (1983) and completed her internship and Masters of Science in Clinical Dietetics from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (1987). Julie is a registered and licensed dietitian (R.D, L.D.) in the state of Illinois and is a Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) and member of IACCN.
Julie is a member of the American Nutrition Association, Dietitians in Functional Medicine, Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) (practice groups of the American Dietetic Association), the American College of Sports Medicine, and the Chicago, Illinois and West Suburban Dietetic Associations. She served three terms on SCAN’s Executive Board, was Cardiovascular Editor for 5 years for SCAN’s Pulse quarterly publication and was on the Gatorade Sport Science Institute’s Sports Nutrition Advisory Board from 1995-2003.
Julie was rated “one of the top ten experts to help revamp your diet” by Harper's BAZAAR magazine. She received the American Dietetic Association Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) 2002 “Achievement Award” and has also been awarded “Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year" by the Chicago and Illinois Dietetic Associations. Julie enjoys golfing, gardening, cooking, yoga, Pilates and watching and attending all sports with her family!
Jenny Westerkamp, RD, LDJenny Westerkamp is a Registered Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist for SportFuel. In her position at SportFuel, she consults one-on-one with athletes and active people and is the nutritionist for the Rockford IceHogs hockey team, Chicago BlackHawks’ prospects, an integrative nutrition clinic, a pilates studio, and a health club. She speaks to a variety of audiences including teams, fitness groups, corporations, and various organizations in the community.
She serves as the President-Elect of the Chicago Food and Nutrition Network and is on the Executive Board for the American Dietetic Association’s Nutrition Entrepreneurs.
Jenny graduated with high honors from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and earned a Bachelor's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. She was honored as the most outstanding dietetics student in the program and also was the recipient of the Senior Honorary 100 for the top 100 seniors at the university. In 2009, she was awarded the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Entrepreneurs' Student of the Year. Jenny completed her dietetics training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Jenny enjoys Pilates, learning to golf, and watching Montini high school football. She is the eldest in her family with five younger (athletic) brothers.
"Eat Like the Pros is a huge part of my everyday routine. Heading into the playoffs after 82 regular season games, I feel as strong and as healthy as I did in training camp in September. Making sure my body is ready to perform is very important, and Eat Like the Pros along with Julie Burns have helped me incredibly." 
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