Can you be a bit more specific? What kind of nutrition at what level, sport, age?
A bit of context would help.
ps. my approach is to do sport, then have a beer and jumbo bag of crisps without guilt.
Boxing: high protein,slow release carbs and as much fruit and veg as you can digest.
Stay off the local chocolate and assorted sweeties.
As others have mentioned- don't believe any of the hype regarding supplements etc.
Are you asking because your current diet is failing you or is the sport new to you?
Why do people still persist with the myth that it does?
Can't you rise above marketing and advertising?
What and how much sportif activity are we talking about? Aerobic vs anaerobic, etc. Depends also on your body. For example I have magnesium and iron deficiency and need to supplement on both on a regular basis.
I am no expert but have a long interest in the topic
Things that make sense to me:
- not much carbs - they prolong healing time + excessive inflammation (I have no idea what the limit is for high calorie consumption sports. There are people consuming more than 10k a day but that amount of activity does not make sense imo)
- collagen (best natural ones like bone/cartilage soup) - a common recommendation is half an hour to 1 hour before sports to have c vit (I use liposomal) + collagen. continual use may disrupt colon so periodic breaks encouraged
I think quality of food and supplements - usually ones without fillers and from better sources should be better but are more expensive of course.
Hunter-gatherers were likely quite healthy
No Russian products, they probably contain Plutonium.
No Chinese products, the are reported to contain liposomes filled with microchips.
Yoghourt and fruit for brunch.
French fries and fish for dinner.
Rivella and red wine to drink
That's the worst cocktail I've heard!
When I’m properly training for endurance sport, I go with a base of high protein, low carb diet from low processed foods and cut out alcohol. If I’m not trying to manage my weight down, I often need to add chocolate to the base to get enough calories. Probably not ideal, but I’m doing it for fun. During taper I crank up the carbs. During training and racing I normally eat energy bars for convenience and have a protein heavy recovery shake afterwards (not after racing - then it’s beer time).
It's pretty much accepted now that unless one has a specific deficiency in a vitamin or mineral which the body requires, or in certain circumstances, such as folic acid when pregnant, one shouldn't need to, and shouldn't take supplements and there may be some harm in taking too many.
If you are not getting them from your diet then your diet is at fault and lack of vitamins is probably the least of your worries.
I've never heard of either of those. Do you have any links to anything that supports what you have written?
But we get it wrong about them too. For example they did eat a lot of carbohydrates in the form of tubes and berries and not just meat as some people have convinced us to believe.
Me too. I'm too skeptical for fads though.
Sorty but cantlook for the links the moment frkm phone but came across these over and over again and whoever interested can check out. There were also papers but haven't read them thouroughly.
I named to deficiencies I have and it is good yo be aware if someone has a deficiency. There are many reasons for possible deficiencies except malnutrition including malabsorption or extra heavy periods or more rarely more serious health issues.
Of course hunter geatherers ate sugar but they did not eat processed food hence they are hg and not h
OMG Tom, it seems that you weren't aware that all hunter gatherers were like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie all the way until they died at 105 disease-free. Always reminds me of the Hobbes everlasting words " Man's life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short".