Sports Nutrition- food, drinks & supplements
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In today’s highly competitive sports arena, nutrition WILL make the
difference. Herbalife as a range of products meets every one of my
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Is your current 'fuel supply'
providing your body with everything you need?
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Why Sports Nutrition?
The Equation is Simple : What You Put In, You Get Out!"
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What emphasis placed on diet alongside
technique, training and mental preparation?
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Highly digestible and absorbable "6 star fuel"
for the body
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Why Sports Nutrition?
Better performance in the last quarter of the match when
most goals are conceded? Better endurance and strength? Faster recovery
from exercise, especially if you are training/playing 3/4 times a week?
Fewer injuries? Fewer colds? Better results? And more..
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Sports Nutrition
Checklist
1. Do you exercise on "fumes"
or "fuel"?
2. Do you train and compete 3/4 times a week and have little time
to recover. Injury
prone?
3. Are you focussed on carbo loading
leaving your blood sugar in yo-yo mode?
Do you
crave
certain types of food after exercise. e.g. carbohydrate foods.
Sugary snacks and drinks can put the body
in storage mode when it needs to
be in release mode?
4. Focussed on
nutrient timing as well as quantity (how much food you are
eating and quality (the type of nutrient, such as carbohydrate,
protein or fat)
5. Do you drink enough
fluids during
training / competing? Do you drink "dehydrating" cups of tea/coffee
during the day and around exercise? Do you suffer from the negative
effects of dehydration such as muscle cramps, fatigue and headaches?
6. Do you utilise the "30 minute window"
for refuelling
your body after exercise?
7. Do you repair your muscles with protein
after exercise. Aware of the "90-120 minute
window" for
replacing protein in the muscles. Increasing
blood flow to
the muscles can aid recovery?
9. Are you topping up your body with nutrients?
Exercise drains
nutrients,
required to utilise your fuel supply, from the body
10. 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
11. Drink too much caffeine? Coffee is a diuretic.
How large amounts of caffeine in energy drinks can dehydrate
the body? Dehydration being
one of the biggest problems in sports
12. Match nerves / tension,
high stomach acid levels ?
14. Do you neutralise your free radicals?!!
Breathing in oxygen generates
free radicals.
Aware that taking antioxidants can reduce repair and recovery time?
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What are your challenges?
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Aiming For Peak Performance
The science of sports nutrition is
complex and often confusing, but it can be simplified into these
basic components:
Fuelling, Hydration
Refuelling, Repairing, Recovery Our products are
highly digestible and absorbable carbohydrates, proteins
and essential fatty acids-all required by the body to help with
peak performance.
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Finding the optimum
foods to help you in your quest for greater performance
is not easy. These days it can be argued that intensive
farming, global warming and long distance travel have
depleted our foods of their best nutrition. What
to look for is the best fuel possible which is easy
to use, convenient and tastes great! More information at
food for thought.
Why a sports
diet? Sports nutrition is more than just carbo loading!
Its about a complete programme of fuelling, hydration,
refuelling, repair and recovery. Mix of slow and quick release
carbohydrates, high quality proteins (without fat and calories
from animal protein) and essential nutrients.
What is the difference between these products and other
supplements available from the chemist or supermarket?
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The Reality
Sports nutritionist
"I spent years encouraging sports people to take care of their diet
and nutrition and to consume organically grown, locally
produce and cook for themselves rather eat processed foods with limited
success. Now I suggest they take shakes as part of their daily routine.
Then I know they get the right balance of nutrients -slow release carbs,
easily absorbed proteins, mineral and vitamins. Its the first nutrition
where my athletes have been able to feel the difference"
- Additional information:
- Understanding the glycemic index
- Avoiding sugary drinks sold as energy/sports drinks
Article by Herbal Vitality
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