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Nutrition for Sports Basics
Nutrition
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is adapted from the book Bicycling Medicine.
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Nutrition.
Nutrition for Sports Basics (Introduction)
Consider for
a moment a typical American workday: You work three hours in the morning, have
a 15-minute coffee break, take 30 to 60 minutes for lunch, and work for four
hours in the afternoon, with another 15-minute break. You consume 700 calories
for breakfast and 1,500 calories during lunch and work breaks. You drink many
glasses of water, coffee, or other fluids.
Doesn't it
make sense that when you are exercising, you need even more calories and
water? Of course! -Yet so many of us train or race until we drop without
drinking enough and fueling our bodies.
The priorities for nutrition during long walks, runs, rides, or triathlons are
water, calories, and sodium.
For events under an hour, no special nutrition may be needed. For most events
over an hour, concern yourself mainly with fluids and calories. For
long-distance events over most of a day or longer, sodium should also be
considered.
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