Uriia Underhill, B.Sc.
What role do you believe nutrition plays in the life of an athlete?
It seems that the latest trend for athlete’s is to find out more information about nutrition in order to help their performance unfortunately there is as much bad information in the mainstream as information that can actually help. It seems that athletic performance can only get you so far. At some point it doesn’t matter how hard you train if your body is not receiving the adequate amount of nutrients the body will cease to thrive. I believe that this is apparent in the form of top athlete’s suddenly getting a career ending injury or having a major disease stop them dead in their tracks. This may not be the main thing that happens, but in the case where they are constantly demanding high output but not feeding the body with what it needs ends up causing undue stress, which eventually breaks down the body. After time these “breakdowns” lead to problems that cannot be repaired.
Athletic recovery time and perform are enhanced when optimum nutrition is followed (EatRight, 2013).
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