Food is the fuel for our body. A proper nutrition is very important for anyone of us for a healthy life. If you practice sport you need a balanced diet and carefully eat what it is more appropriate during the season, the day, pre training, post training, pre race, after the race and so on. To achieve results it is not enough to train hard.
A nutrition plan must go together with a training plan. A nutritionist can give you the right recommendations and follow you during the season, together with the coach.
A software platform like MyFitnessPal or FatSecret can help you keep track of your calories intake and give you the information on the nutrition value of the food you eat.
These are a few books we found interesting for an intro on nutrition and sports.
- Sports Nutrition: From Lab to Kitchen, by Asker Jeukendrup
- Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook-5th Edition by Nancy Clark
- The Complete Guide to Food for Sports Performance: Peak Nutrition for Your Sport by Dr. Louise Burke and Greg Cox
