--- title: Health & Fitness Blog - NASM | Lee Murphy description: Lee Murphy, MPH, RD, LDN, has been an instructor in the department of nutrition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since 2009. Before that, she worked as a community nutritionist, speaker and health educator. ---   [![NASM](https://blog.nasm.org/hubfs/Nasm_December2018/images/logo186x62.png)](https://blog.nasm.org) - [NASM.org](https://www.nasm.org) - [Fitness](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/fitness) - [CPT](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/cpt) - [Nutrition](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/nutrition) - [CES](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/ces) - [Sports Performance](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/sports-performance) - [Workout Plans](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/workout-plans) - [Wellness](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/wellness) # Lee Murphy ![Lee Murphy](https://blog.nasm.org/hubfs/afm_author_murphy.jpg) Lee Murphy, MPH, RD, LDN, has been an instructor in the department of nutrition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since 2009. Before that, she worked as a community nutritionist, speaker and health educator. ### Recent Posts [![plate with food on it arranged like a clock](https://blog.nasm.org/hs-fs/hubfs/afm_features_nutritionex1.jpg?width=723&name=afm_features_nutritionex1.jpg)](http://blog.nasm.org/workout-and-nutrition-timing) [Nutrition](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/nutrition) [American Fitness Magazine](http://blog.nasm.org/tag/american-fitness-magazine) ## [Nutrient Timing: Pre and Post-Workout Questions Answered!](http://blog.nasm.org/workout-and-nutrition-timing) ![Lee Murphy](https://blog.nasm.org/hubfs/afm_author_murphy.jpg) [Lee Murphy](http://blog.nasm.org/author/lee-murphy) | April 3, 2017 Originally appeared in the 2017 spring issue of American Fitness Magazine. Diet and exercise are the primary pillars of a healthy lifestyle plan. But can coordinating eating and workout schedules improve our fitness results? And if so, how should our ... 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