CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Training camp can’t be all that bad for the Carolina Panthers when their day starts with a breakfast menu that includes shrimp and grits and salmon cakes.
They can thank quarterback Cam Newton for that.
And Jennifer Brunelli.
Brunelli is entering her third year as the team dietitian -- a position the organization didn’t have before her. Her mission has been to revamp and individualize menus to help each player reach maximum performance, while also fitting the players' tastes.
Newton was her biggest challenge. Since the beginning of 2013, the NFL MVP has been a pescatarian, a diet that includes fish and other seafood but not the meat of other animals.