Maximize Your Performance: Nutritional Misconceptions and Game Day Advice

Are you a competitive athlete? Check out this sports nutrition article where I was interviewed on how to fuel properly leading up to a competition for optimal performance.
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Summary of My Game Day Nutrition Tips:

• CARBS: Don’t fear carbs, especially healthy carbs, if you’re competing at a high level and doing multiple back-to-back workouts! Low carb is not ideal if you are a high performance athlete.
• FIBRE: Avoid high fibre foods in the hours leading up to a really tough, high intensity workout (but enjoy lots of high fibre foods any other time in the day).
• PRE-TEST: Stick with foods that are familiar, comfortable, and pre-tested.
• DIGESTIBILITY: Use softer and easier-to-digest foods on competition day, especially if you get really nervous.
• 48-HOUR LEAD UP: Pay especially close attention to what you eat in the 48-hours leading up to your athletic event, as this is what is fuelling your body when it’s “Go Time”.
• ALCOHOL: Avoid alcohol in the 48-hours pre-exercise and 24-hours post-competition.
• RECOVERY: Recover with foods that contain both protein AND carbohydrates for maximum muscle repair and glycogen replenishment.

Read the full article written by Emily Beers at Sweat Works:
http://www.sweatworks.net/maximize-your-performance-nutritional-misconceptions-and-game-day-advice-from-rd-jennifer-broxterman/