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Nutritional Needs of Athletes.

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https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.691079
 
Title Nutritional Needs of Athletes.
 
Creator Shruti, Pandey
Vasudeva, Singh
 
Subject 13 Nutrition-Human
 
Description Aim – is to provide a comprehensive information regarding the nutritional needs of athletes, followed by female athletes who have a higher necessity for Iron. Sports and nutrition are directly related to each other. Taking into consideration the fact that sports person need more energy to carry out their sporting activity effectively, it becomes of prime importance to take care for sports performance. Athletes must supposedly eat the perfect ratio of Protein, carbohydrate and fat at each meal and snack to control the hormonal systems and thus reach their maximum performance and ideal weight .The carbohydrate/protein/fat ratio of the 40-30-30 diet allegedly maintains the proper balance between the hormones insulin and glucagon. The present review focuses on the intake for a wholesome nutrient and well balanced diet for better performance among male as well as female athletes.
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/14818/1/Pedagogy.pdf
Shruti, Pandey and Vasudeva, Singh (2013) Nutritional Needs of Athletes. Pedagogics.