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HEALTH • NUTRITION • WELLNESS
by harvie de baron | Sports Nutritionist
In the case of champions, the 1 2
pinnacle of every athlete’s
preparation is the competition Thou shall not Thou shall keep
day. Apart from training, experiment on food things simple
eating and recovering well during meet day
outside training, a swimmer Part of good competition-day nutrition
should also look into what As tempting as it might be, stay away from is keeping things simple. Opt for simple,
he eats during the actual food that you don’t normally eat during home-prepared meals or simple snacks
competition day. He must competition days. Does your teammate’s such as fruits. Keep in mind that
keep in mind that a true baon look good? Is there a dish from the everything that you eat needs to pass
champion looks at every country club, where the competition is through your digestive track before it
possible aspect to be the best held, that you want to try? Delay trying it for becomes available and useable energy.
swimmer that he can be. some other day. Introducing new food might Keeping food simple also means you
Here are 5 ways to ensure result in stomach upsets and that’s the last avoid “overloading” your digestive system.
optimum nutrition during thing you want on an important day like a When you eat overcomplicated meals, your
meet day: competition. Keep your food “familiar” during digestive system will need more energy to
a competition to avoid surprise upsets. digest, which is energy that you could use
3 on the swim instead.
Thou shall stay away 4 5
from junk and fast food
Thou shall Thou shall “eat
keep hydrated to recover”
Included in keeping things simple is Although it has been said time and time Along with eating for your purpose, eat to
avoiding fast and junk food. Fast food again, all athletes, even swimmers, recover after a competition. Recovery eating
and junk food do nothing good for a need to hydrate. Swimmers often take involves food that will contribute to healing
swimmer’s body. It is also responsible hydration for granted because you do not your body to be able to perform better on the
for weakened immune system. Having see sweat physically, being in the pool. next competition or training day. If you do not
home-cooked meals may be more tedious If available, the best hydration option, recover well regularly, then the effects will be
but the long-term positive effects for a apart from pure water, is fresh coconut cumulative.
swimmer is surely worth it. If you are juice (literally poured out of the shell Eating for recovery means you mind the
a serious swimmer, then you would be without anything added). It’s best to keep quality of food that goes into your body to
serious about how you feed yourself. Eat things healthy and natural. kickstart recovery. A good recovery meal
for your purpose. If your purpose and involves unpolished rice (brown/red/black),
goal is to be the best swimmer you can homemade viand, and vegetables.
be, then eat well.
You may reach Harvie de Baron through email (behealty@
baronmethod.com); Facebook (baronmehod); Instagram
and Twitter (@baronmethod) for more information about his
nutritional services.
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