- Sports Nutrition Checklist
1. Do you exercise and compete on "fumes" or "fuel"? Grab some lunch at work and then don't eat again until you train later that evening, or you may consume some sugary snack or sugar "sports" drink on the way to training?
2. Do you drink enough fluids during training / competing? Do you drink "dehydrating" cups of tea/coffee during the day and around exercise?
3. Aware how sugary snacks and drinks can put the body in storage mode when it needs to be in release mode? Article -124 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health
4. How large amounts of caffeine in energy drinks can dehydrate the body? Dehydration being one of the biggest problems in sports
5. Need additional vitality prior to exercise?
6. Aware of the "30 minute window" for refuelling your body after exercise?
7. Aware of the "90-120 minute window" for replacing protein in the muscles to aid repair?
8. Focussed on carbo loading leaving your blood sugar in yo-yo mode but not on getting the right protein intake?
9. Have cravings for certain types of food after exercise. e.g. carbohydrate foods
10. Aware that exercise drains nutrients from the body and nutrients are required to utilise your fuel supply? What is the difference between these products and other supplements?
11. Boost metabolic rate by maintaining a healthy muscle mass
12. Breathing in oxygen generates free radicals. Aware that taking antioxidants can reduce repair and recovery time?
13. Aware that when your at your fittest your immune system is often at its most vulnerable and therefore your susceptible to colds and flus etc?
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