If, you want to increase your performance in sports, a registered dietitian helps you set goals to achieve results. Whether you’re running a marathon, skiing, or jogging with your dog, no matter what sport you do, you should eat healthy to optimise your health, increase your endurance, concentration and get maximum benefit from sports.
Why appropriate nutrition plan is important for athletes ?
Nutritional needs vary on the athlete’s age, physical ability, competitive level of the field, environment, duration of competition, time between matches and many other factors.
Whatever sport you do, you will perform better in that sport or activity, if you follow an appropriate nutrition plan.
You prevent injuries and be concentrated better.
You will feel less tired after training.
Proper nutrition plan ensures adequate energy, help to manage your weight and optimise your performance.
If you get enough energy from food, you can be more active and feel less tried, and if you get enough protein, you can maintain your muscle mass.
How we plan nutrition program to maximise your performance ?
The athlete nutrition plan should be suitable for the lifestyle and easy to follow in daily life.
Among the factors affecting a person’s diet, the frequency of person’s physical activity is also important. For people with an active sports life, the type of sports, duration of activity also affect the diet and nutritional needs.
Dietitian consider all factors while preparing the nutrition plan; the type of the exercise, amount and timing of fluids and macronutrients the athlete consumes and so on. Additionally, determining how and how much vitamin, mineral and supplements should be used is one of the factor should be taken into consideration.
Energy and nutritional requirements vary according to age, gender, weight, height, sport branch and frequency.
Regardless of the sport you do, you need to have an appropriate scientific nutrition program by a registered nutritionist to maximise your performance.