Nutritious food is the key to maintaining consistent performance levels in sports. A balanced diet should include a variety of essential vitamins like Vitamin B group, Vitamin D and Vitamin K. In addition, antioxidants like Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Vitamin A are a must for sportswomen. They are responsible for mitigating the effect of [...]
Nutritious diet is the back bone of consistent sports performance. The following are some recipes that can be made part of the athletes’ diet.
Sports foods are nutritious food, specially made to meet the specific requirements of athletes who are engaged in high volume training. Generally such foods are easily digested and easily absorbed into the body. They aid in maintaining high performance levels by providing an uninterrupted supply of energy and thus helping to maintain the functions of [...]
Time is an important factor in the selection and consumption of food during sports events and exercises. Too much of food can cause sluggishness, indigestion, nausea, and vomiting where as lack of food can cause fatigue and depleted energy levels.
It is estimated that in normal temperatures, at least eight glasses of non-caffeinated, non-alcoholic beverages daily are essential for health. People who are into sports have even greater demands of fluid especially in warmer weathers. Good hydration of the body is essential for sports performance as well as individual health. Water is a common choice, [...]
What Are Fat Burners?
The term fat burners refer to pills, also known as supplement pills that have certain herbal contents like Ephedra (ephedrine), Chitosan and Pyruvate. Fat burners are supposed to increase energy, boost metabolism and/or suppress appetite.
Fluids are essential for proper body temperature regulation and healthy functioning of body cells. Even a minimal fluid loss of 2-3 percent of the body weight can seriously affect performance. If the loss is 7-10 percent of body weight it can lead to heat stroke. The loss of fluid via sweat during a physical activity [...]
High paychecks for top athletes and pharmacological advances have conspired to increase the prevalence of performance enhancing drugs in sports in recent years. Individual athletes face tough ethical choices about how to get ahead amid systematic cheating and gross pay inequities among athletes. Performance-enhancing drugs pose a significant risk to the health of athletes, especially [...]
The term dietary supplement refers to the extra components of nutrition added to the diet to balance the diet or mitigate the deficiency of some components. It may include vitamins, minerals, amino acid, and some herbs. One characteristic feature of the supplements is that they involve highly concentrated quantity of the one or more of [...]
What are Diet Pills?
Diet pills are chemical substances similar to diuretics which assist body in scaling down excess fluids and thus aid in weight loss. However, unlike diuretics, they target the part of the brain responsible for the sensation of hunger. Diet pills function as an appetite suppressor, and trick the brain into thinking that [...]
