nutrition
Nutrition is the most important element in a young athletes diet. It will carry an athlete throughout the day with full energy and proper recovery after activity. The best way to tackle nutrition is to look at the body as a wheel, the wheel being your metabolism. You must keep the wheel turning but at the correct speed for the body to function efficiently .
Athletes should eat most of the carbohydrate meals 2hrs prior to activity and eat 8 oz of meat and more carbohydrates 8 immediately after activity!
This will assure proper recovery and it will help build muscle!
Sample meal for an athlete:
Mornings: 1/2 cup oat meal w/ blue berries, 23 eggs (egg whites only!).
Lunch: 1 cup of Quinoa or buckwheat, 8oz chicken breast.
Snacks: 1 tbs of peanut butter (organic), Celery or handful of nuts.
Pre Dinner: 1 cup of Brown Rice or buckwheat, 8oz of chicken/fish/steak, lots of Raw Vegetables.
Dinner: 1 cup of quinoa/brown rice or buckwheat, 8 oz of chicken/turkey/steak or tofu, lots of raw vegetables (any).