does anyone know what food it good to eat to get energy??? something that will give me a lot of energy over time and maybe something that cn give me a boost, like b4 a game????
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does anyone know a site where i can get some info on that??
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by Eugene on Tue Apr 01, 2003 5:24 am
Well, as far as eating to improve performance goes...
Carbohydrates, i.e. pasta, wheat bread, rice, are excellent for providing sustained energy over a period of time. Many atheletes eat ample amounts of carbs before an event. This is called carbo loading.
Proteins will also help your performance. That's not to say, however, that you should eat steak before a game. Eating heavy foods can actually hurt your performance, because they kinda sit in your stomach and you can't get to the nutrients needed to perform. Eating a steady and healthy diet of proteins and working out will improve your overall performance, however.
Some athletes will eat an orange or any kind of fruit for some sugar. Sugar will provide a burst of high energy for a short amount of time, after which you feel much more fatigued than you would normally. This is called "crashing." And because you don't want to "crash" during an event, athletes, if at all, will eat fruit or drink juice during half-time.
Powerade, Gatorade, and other similar sports drinks claim to replenish a lot of the nutrients lost during exercise, but I personally don't notice a difference. Water is still one of the better ways to refresh and rehydrate without adding a lot of useless crap. I drink Powerade because it tastes good.
Apparently, you can't sweat without having some minimum level of sodium in your system, and that's one of the things you get from drinking sports drinks, among other things, so I guess it's useful. But, it's not like the gym has a water fountain installed with Powerade.
The best way to have energy to perform well is to maintain a healthy and varied diet, and exercise regularly. From personal experience, I never really noticed any improvement in performance because I had two servings of pasta instead of just one.
All the best,
Eugene
Carbohydrates, i.e. pasta, wheat bread, rice, are excellent for providing sustained energy over a period of time. Many atheletes eat ample amounts of carbs before an event. This is called carbo loading.
Proteins will also help your performance. That's not to say, however, that you should eat steak before a game. Eating heavy foods can actually hurt your performance, because they kinda sit in your stomach and you can't get to the nutrients needed to perform. Eating a steady and healthy diet of proteins and working out will improve your overall performance, however.
Some athletes will eat an orange or any kind of fruit for some sugar. Sugar will provide a burst of high energy for a short amount of time, after which you feel much more fatigued than you would normally. This is called "crashing." And because you don't want to "crash" during an event, athletes, if at all, will eat fruit or drink juice during half-time.
Powerade, Gatorade, and other similar sports drinks claim to replenish a lot of the nutrients lost during exercise, but I personally don't notice a difference. Water is still one of the better ways to refresh and rehydrate without adding a lot of useless crap. I drink Powerade because it tastes good.
Apparently, you can't sweat without having some minimum level of sodium in your system, and that's one of the things you get from drinking sports drinks, among other things, so I guess it's useful. But, it's not like the gym has a water fountain installed with Powerade.
The best way to have energy to perform well is to maintain a healthy and varied diet, and exercise regularly. From personal experience, I never really noticed any improvement in performance because I had two servings of pasta instead of just one.
All the best,
Eugene
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by Rens on Wed Apr 02, 2003 1:22 am
Autistic people (if that's how you write it, you know like the guy from Rainman) can give you tons of details and facts on certain subjects, but they're not seen as smart.
Not to say Eugene is autistic, but it's not like it's automatically connected. The same goes the other way around, when you're smart, it's not always you can just sum up a list of facts all the time.
Not to say Eugene is autistic, but it's not like it's automatically connected. The same goes the other way around, when you're smart, it's not always you can just sum up a list of facts all the time.
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