Healthy eating for athletes

If healthy eating is essential for everyone, it is even more so for an athlete. Whatever the case, nutrition is always the key to achieving your short-term and long-term goals.

False and true myths circulate around athletes when it comes to eating; however, I have always thought that the secret is that there is no secret: variety and balance.

Essential nutrients for an athlete

Include all nutrients, without overdoing any; but also without falling short. Remember that no matter how many proteins you include in your diet, muscle will never be built if you don't add enough carbohydrates.

Five or six meals a day, which is something we all already know, often 6. No false myths, like not being able to eat fruit or carbs at night, why not? If you come from a hard 2-hour workout at 9 at night, your body needs a good portion of carbohydrates to recover. Your body doesn't know the time; it only needs the necessary nutrients. Each person has and needs a different way of eating. Get to know yours.

Fats are also important. Many athletes focus too much on protein or carbohydrate intake... and feel that they are not progressing, something is wrong, they don't know why, they need to ingest more fat! Nuts, olive oil, avocado, my favorites.

And as part of this perfect mechanism, it is necessary to help it with exceptional supplementation. Breakfast is the most suitable time of day to include a multivitamin such as Megabolic pak from Weider.

After physical exercise, the best proteins for effective recovery are isolated ones, such as Premium Whey, to which I always add a teaspoon of Glutamine Victory, an important amino acid to prevent muscle loss and eliminate fatigue after exertion.

Tip: also add Weider BCAAs in capsules (5 before training and 5 after along with proteins and glutamine) for perfect recovery and quality muscle gain. If you are a competitive athlete, I always recommend taking supplements at two very important times of the day: as soon as you wake up and at bedtime. 2 capsules of BCAAs + a spoonful of glutamine at these two times can result in a great positive change.