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The Right Way to Eat While in High School and College Sports

By Adam Moreton. The Right Way to Eat While in High School and College Sports. Reasons to Eat Healthy. 1. Help the immune system 2. Have more energy 3. Focus better throughout the day 4. Helps get better grades. Food Groups.

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The Right Way to Eat While in High School and College Sports

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  1. By Adam Moreton The Right Way to Eat While in High School and College Sports

  2. Reasons to Eat Healthy • 1. Help the immune system • 2. Have more energy • 3. Focus better throughout the day • 4. Helps get better grades

  3. Food Groups • It may be hard while in school to eat healthy but you need to get all these food groups in to have a healthy diet.

  4. The Most Important Meal • Breakfast • ~ Wakes your body up • ~ Gets your brain to start functioning • ~ Gives you the energy you need • ~ Help with weight control

  5. Snacking • Instead of eating chips or cookies as a snack grab these to fill the void in your stomach. • ~ Fruit • ~ Yogurt • ~ Granola bar • ~ Vegetables

  6. Lunch • Would be good to have a salad • Nothing to heavy because you do not want to get tired for the rest of the day • Should be simple and sweet • Don’t forget the fruit! • Brown bagging your lunch is healthier than buying it anywhere else

  7. Dinner Eat it at the dinner table Good time to sit and talk with parents Should have most of the food groups in it

  8. Activities and Eating Healthy • Eating the right foods and exercise have a direct correlation for success. • The better you eat • The better the exercise will be

  9. Importance of Carbs • If you do not eat right • You will run out of carbohydrates to fuel the body • Break down protein and use them for energy • You will become dehydrated quicker if you do not eat enough carbohydrates.

  10. Foods Full Of Carbs • Breads • Potatoes • Spaghetti • Gatorade/Powerade

  11. Proteins • Proteins help build up muscles to use in all activities • Will be used as a backup energy source if carbohydrates run out • Use 10-15% in high intensity long activities

  12. Foods with Protein • Red meat • Dairy • Fish • Poultry • Eggs

  13. Vitamins & Minerals • Athletes need these to stay on top of their game • They help with your immune system and everyday nerve function

  14. Iron Calcium Magnesium Zinc Potassium Sodium Top foods for these Iron ~ Red meats, liver Calcium ~ Broccoli, Brussel sprouts Magnesium ~ Tofu, Wheat germ Zinc ~ Oysters, Turkey Potassium ~ Milk, Banana Sodium ~ table salt Mostly needed minerals

  15. Vitamin A Vitamin E B complex Vitamin C These help vision and cell development Antioxidant Help against free radicals created by exercising Exercisers need more than regular people Valuable Vitamins

  16. Vitamin A only found in animal products • Vitamin E is in all nuts • Vitamin C in tomato and spinach

  17. Food and Sports • Playing sports at high levels you need to refuel your body • Eating right will make you play harder and last longer • You will be able to play longer with out getting dehydrated • You will be quicker and stronger than opponents who do not eat right

  18. The Perfect Combination • A good website about nutrition • http://www.mypyramid.gov/

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