Body weight and composition should not be the sole criterion for participation in sports; daily weigh-ins are discouraged. Optimal body fat levels depend upon the sex, age, and heredity of the athlete, and may be sport-specific. Body fat assessment techniques have inherent variability and limitations.

Carbohydrates maintain blood glucose levels during exercise and replace muscle glycogen. The amount required depends upon the athlete's total daily energy expenditure, type of sport, gender and environmental conditions. Protein recommendations for endurance and strength-trained athletes range from 1.

These recommended protein intakes can generally be met through diet alone, without the use of protein or amino acid supplements. Energy intake sufficient to maintain body weight is necessary for optimal protein use and performance.

Fat, which is a source of energy, fat-soluble vitamins and essential fatty acids, is important in the diets of athletes. High-fat diets are not recommended for athletes. Athletes who restrict energy intake or use severe weight-loss practices, eliminate one or more food groups from their diet, or consume high- or low-carbohydrate diets of low micronutrient density are at greatest risk of micronutrient deficiencies.

Athletes should consume diets that provide at least the Recommended Dietary Allowance RDA for all micronutrients. The goal of drinking is to prevent dehydration from occurring during exercis,e and individuals should not drink in excess of sweating rate.

After exercise, the athlete should drink adequate fluids to replace sweat losses during exercise, approximately 16 to 24 oz to mL fluid for every pound 0. Before exercise, a meal or snack should provide sufficient fluid to maintain hydration, be relatively low in fat and fiber to facilitate gastric emptying and minimize gastrointestinal distress, be relatively high in carbohydrate to maximize maintenance of blood glucose, be moderate in protein, be composed of familiar foods, and be well tolerated by the athlete.

During exercise, primary goals for nutrient consumption are to replace fluid losses and provide carbohydrate approximately 30 to 60 g per hour for maintenance of blood glucose levels.

These nutrition guidelines are especially important for endurance events lasting longer than an hour when an athlete has not consumed adequate food or fluid before exercise, or if an athlete is exercising in an extreme environment, such as heat, cold, or high altitude.

After exercise, dietary goals are to provide adequate fluids, electrolytes, energy, and carbohydrates to replace muscle glycogen and ensure rapid recovery.

A carbohydrate intake of 1. Protein consumed after exercise will provide amino acids for building and repair of muscle tissue. The purpose of this review paper is to represent the nutritional needs of adolescents participating in different games and also to empower and teach adolescents to know about the importance of nutrition during participation in physical activity PA or games; hydration level Fluids that deliver nutrients involves proper fueling and recovery [ 1 ].

Sports nutrition is a specialization within the field of nutrition that partners closely with the study of the human body and exercise science [ 2 ]. Sports Nutrition can be defined as the application of nutrition knowledge to a practical daily eating plan providing the fuel for physical activity, facilitating the repair and building process following hard physical work and achieve athletic performance in competitive events, while also promoting overall health and wellness.

The basic concept for sports nutrition for athletes requires proper eating strategies and need to have a command of general nutrition as well as exercise science.

The second step is to gain the knowledge of how nutrition and exercise science are intertwined, emphasize that physical training and dietary habits are reliant on each other in order to produce optimal performance [ 3 ].

The final step is the practical application of sport nutrition knowledge on the individual sports person who is participating in any sport or physical activity [ 4 ]. An athlete challenges his body on a regular basis through physicaltraining and competitions.

In order to keep up with requirement of his activity or sport, he requires enough fuel for his body on day to day basis [ 5 ]. Participating in endurance sports requires optimal nutrition, withspecific focus on dietary modifications.

Targeted fitness development at an early age, especially in adolescence is deemed the foundation for leading an active lifestyle, avoiding potential overweight, reducing motor deficiencies and thus improving the general quality of life [ 6 ].

At the time of final performance an athlete is supposed to be well nourished, uninjured, fit, focused and ready to compete. Sports nutrition is not just about calories to achieve weight or body composition goals; nor is it all about protein for muscles or carbohydrates for fuel.

Nutritional and eating habits have been of specific interest in sports, especially given their impression on athletic performance.

General recommendations need to be suggested by sports nutrition experts to accommodate the specific requirements of individual athlete regarding health, sports, nutrient, food choices and body weight and body composition [ 7 ].

Athlete challenges their bodies on a regular basis through toughphysical training and competitions. In order to keep up with demand for stamina of their activity or sport, athlete needs adequate fuel for their body on day to day basis [ 5 ].

Nutrition is important for an athlete because it provides energy required to perform the activity. The food they take leaves an impact on strength, training, performance and recovery. Not only the type of food is important for sport nutrition but also the time is equally important for what they eat throughout the day.

It also has an impact on their performance level and their body ability to recover after workout. An athlete needs to pay close attention about when, what and how much does he eat or drink prior to a game or match [ 8 ]. The role of nutrition in sports performance is very important.

Proper nutrition must be available prior, during and post competition. Greany and Jeukendrup stated that from fueling to recovery, muscle building weight and making optimal nutrition ensure the best platform for success in any sport [ 9 , 10 ].

Meals eaten after and before the exercise are the most important in nutrition but we should really be very careful with all that the athlete intake in his body.

As a general rule of thumb an athlete should eat about two hours before any exercise and the meal should be high in carbohydrates, low in fat and low to moderate in protein. Carbohydrates are the main source ofenergy that provides power to an athlete in exercise regime.

Protein isrequired to develop muscle growth. Food and beverages are composed of six nutrients that are vital to the human body for producing energy, contributing to the growth and development of tissues, regulating body processes and preventing deficiency and degenerative diseases.

The six nutrients are classifiedas essential nutrients. They are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins,minerals and water. The body requires these nutrients to function properly however the body is unable to endogenously manufacture them in the quantities needed on a daily basis [ 11 ].

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are stored in the body in a form of glycogen, which can be used during physical activity.

Carbohydrate is necessary to meet the demands of energy needed during exercise, to maintain blood glucose level and replenish muscle glycogen store. During sub-maximal exercise, carbohydrates in the body are themajor source of fuel [ 12 ]. Protein: Protein is needed for nutrient transfer in the blood, connective tissue support and the repair of tissue in response to periods of exercise [ 4 ].

Fats: Fat is primarily used as a fuel during low to moderate intensity exercise. Fat is also engaged in providing structure to cell membranes, helping in the production of hormones, lining of nerves for proper activity and make it easier for process of absorption of fat soluble vitamins [ 4 ].

Vitamin and Minerals: Vitamins are required in wide variety of bodily functions and operations which helps to sustain the body healthy and disease free. The function of minerals is for structural development of tissues as well as the regulation of bodily process [ 13 ].

Water: The human body can survive for a long duration without any of the micro and macro nutrient but not without water. In athletics, water is importantfor temperature regulation, lubrication of joints and the transport of the nutrients to active tissues.

Nutritional needs for peak athletic performance includes sufficient calorie intake, adequate hydration and attention on timing of mealstaken. Adolescent athletes and their advisor often are misinformed or have misconception about sports nutrition.

The studies show nutritional need for young athletes have common misconceptions about sports nutrition. Studies show that proper nutrition for young athletes is critical not only to their athletic success, but more importantly to their growth, development and overall health [ 4 ].

The science of nutrition in relation to sports performance hasprogressed from empirical studies investigating the effect of dietarymanipulations such as restriction and supplementation to the directinvestigation of physiological basis of the specific nutritional demandsfor hard physical exercise [ 9 ].

The main role of sports nutrition is to support the training program. Dietary intake for performance will change as the training regime changes. Poor nutrition can lead to injury, fatigue and poor recovery, all three of which can hinder as to how efficiently an athlete performs [ 14 ].

American Dietetic Association, Dietician of Canada and American College of Sports and Medicine stated that physical activity, athleticperformance and recovery from exercise are enhanced by optimal nutrition.

Appropriate selection of foods and fluids, timing of intake and supplement choices are required for optimal health and exercise performance [ 5 ].

Slater and Phillips in found that athletes related to strengthand power are mainly interested in enhancing power, related to body weight and thus almost all about some form of resistance training. While athletes may attempt to boost skeletal muscle hypertrophy, fundamental nutritional issues are broader than those apposite to hypertrophy and include an admiration of the sports supplement industry, the strategic timing of nutrient intake to maximize fuelling and recovery objectives, plus accomplishment of pre-competition body mass requirements.

Also that total energy and macronutrient intakes of strength-power athletes are mostly high but intakes tend to be routine when expressed relative to body mass. Greater perceptiveness into optimization of nutrient intake to accomplish nutrition-related goals would be achieved from the judgment of nutrient distribution throughout the day, especially ingest before, during and after exercise [ 15 ].

Holway and Spriet in confirmed that dietary planning should include sufficient carbohydrate on a moderate energy budget, along with protein requirement [ 16 ].

Strength and power team sports require muscle-building programs that must be accompanied byadequate nutrition. Huberty et al. Contemporary training for power sports involves diverse routines, which place a wide array of physiological demands on the athlete.

Nutritional strategy support general training needs - tailored to specific training phases - as well as the various demands of competition. Elite athletes have high training intensities and volumes for most of the training season, so energy intake must be sufficient to support recovery and adaptation.

Low muscle glycogen decreases high-intensity performance, so day to day carbohydrate intake must be emphasized throughout training and competition phases.

It was found that the timing, type and amount of protein intake influence post-exercise recovery and adaptation. Most games and sports feature demanding competition schedules, which require aggressive nutritional recovery strategies to optimize muscle glycogen resynthesis [ 17 ].

Burke et al. stated that an athlete's carbohydrate intake can be judged by whether total daily intake and the timing of ingestion inrelation to exercise conserve adequate carbohydrate substrate for the muscle and central nervous system.

High carbohydrate availability and carbohydrate energy sources are limiting for the daily exercise program. Sharma et al. found that carbohydrates, is the preferred fuel for working muscles particularly during high intensity activity.

Somecarbohydrate will be consumed irrespective of the type of exerciseperformed. A study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of adolescent female football players regarding carbohydrate and its significances. The awareness of the females on carbohydrate sources, type of carbohydrate to be ingested before, after and during competition was insignificant.

A need for developing nutrition education programs becomes pertinent to enable the players to choose appropriate diet to enhance their performance [ 18 ].

Not only nutrient content of food is important other factors also play an important role in food selection in important events. A study was conducted to assess the food provision and nutrition support at the London Olympic OG and Paralympics Games PG from the perspective of sports nutrition experts attending the event.

Open-ended responses were elaborate to find out opinion and areas for improvement. Participants graded their overall knowledge of the food supply as 7.

It was greater than 7. The availability, variety, presentation, temperature and freshness of menu Items ranked as average to good. A number of feedbacks were received about the gluten free diet and lower energy food items. The inclusion of allergens on nutrition labeling was considered more important than nutrient content [ 19 ].

When carbohydrate is delivered at desirable rates during or after endurance exercise, protein supplements appear to have no direct performance increasing effect. Carbohydrate and fat are the two major fuel sources oxidized by skeletal muscle tissue during prolonged endurance-type exercises [ 20 ].

The relative contribution of these major fuel sources largely relieson the exercise intensity and duration. Endurance performance and endurance capacity are largely ordered by endogenous carbohydrate availability. As such, meliorate carbohydrate availability during prolonged exercise through carbohydrate ingestion has dominated the area of sports nutrition research.

As a result, it has been wellestablishedthat carbohydrate intake during prolonged more than two hours moderate-to-high intensity exercise, increase endurance performance [ 21 ]. Championship season leads to significant performance benefits for most athletes. Both intra and extracellular buffering agents may enhance performance, but more researches are in demand to various power sports having different body compositions activity and body weight requirements, but increasing the power-to-weight ratio during the examination, the potential long-term effect of buffering agents on training adaptation.

Interactions between training desired physiological adaptations, competition, nutrition requirement an individual approach must be continuously adjusted and adapted [ 17 ]. Low pre-exercise muscle glycogen decreases high-intensity performance, so intake of carbohydrates should be emphasized during whole training and competition phases.

Training for major power sports includes various routines that place a wide range of physiological demands on the athlete.

There are strong grounds to suggest that the timing, type and amount of protein intake determines the post-exercise recovery and adaptations. This requires a miscellaneous nutritional strategy to hold general training needs.

Most power sports feature requires Competition agenda, which require aggressive nutritional recovery strategies to make optimalmuscle glycogen re-synthesis [ 16 ]. An athlete's carbohydrate ingestion can be evaluated by his total daily intake and the timing of uptake in relation to exercise maintains enough carbohydrate substrate for the muscle and central nervous system.

Carbohydrate availability is enhanced by consuming carbohydrate in the hours or days prior to the session or activities, intake during exercises and provides additional fuel during recovery between sessions.

This is an important for the competition arrangements or for high-intensity training where optimal performance is require. Carbohydrate intake during exercise must be increased according to the requirement of the event or games.

During sustained high-intensity sports lasting more than one hour,small amounts of carbohydrate Simple and Complex including even mouth-rinsing like carbohydrate rich juice increase performance via central nervous system effect.

While gm h-1 is a suitable target for sports of longer duration, events more than 2. Products containing special mixture of different carbohydrates may increase absorption of carbohydrate at high rates. Holway and Spriet in states that implementation of a nutrition program for team sports involves a diligent effort of scientific research together with the social acquirement necessary to work with a sports medicine and coaching staff.

The demand of energy is high during pre-season training and matches and is moderate during training in the competitive season. Dietary planning must include enough carbohydrate on a moderate energy requirement, while also completing protein needs. Strength and power team sports require muscle-building program that must be accompanied by enough nutrition and anthropometric measurements including height and weight can help the nutrition practitioner to monitor and assess body composition analysis periodically.

The function of protein in promoting athletic performance is splitalong the lines of how much aerobic-based versus resistance-based activity the athlete attempts.

Athletes seeking to gain muscle massand strength are likely to have higher quantity of dietary protein thantheir endurance-trained trainers [ 21 ]. Protein needs have been compared across several population groups, including athletes and other exercising individuals.

Many studies have examined the effects of taking animal and vegetable protein sources and their effects on sports performance. Recently mixture of dairy protein and soy protein has appeared in commercial sports nutrition products such as nutrition bars and ready-todrink and powdered beverages.

This study states that the potential nutritional advantages of combining whey protein, casein and isolated soy protein. All supplement industries spotted a growing market [ 22 ]. Nutrition ISSN Position Stated that Protein and Exercise reviewed general literature on renal and bone health.

There is lack of scientific evidence about protein intake, that ingestion of protein within the limit 1. People who do not include adequate protein in daily diet may show slower recovery and training adjustments [ 24 ].

Protein supplements or ergogenic aids offer a convenient way to ensurethat athletes take quality protein in the diet and complete their protein needs. However, ingesting additional protein beyond the daily requirement does not help in additional gain in strength and muscle mass.

The research focus over recent years has been to influence whether different types of protein e. whey, casein, soy, milk proteins, colostrums, etc and various biologically active protein subtypes and peptides e. α-lactalbumin, β-lacto globulin, glycol macro peptides, immunoglobulin's, lacto per oxidizes and lacto ferrin, etc have varying effects on the physiological, hormonal and immunological responses to training [ 25 ].

In addition, a significant amount of research has examined whether timing of protein intake and provision of specific amino acids may play a role in protein synthesis or training adaptations, conducted mostly in untrained populations [ 26 ].

Although more research is necessary in this area, evidence shows that protein requirement ofindividuals busy in intense training are elevated, various types ofprotein have different effects on anabolism and catabolism.

It wasobserved that different types of protein subtypes and peptides have unique physiological effects and timing of protein intake may play a significant role in optimizing protein synthesis following exercise. Therefore, it is simplistic and misleading to suggest that there are nodata supporting contentions that athletes need more protein in theirdiet and there is no possible ergogenic value of incorporating varioustypes of protein into the daily diet [ 27 ].

It is the position stand of ISSN that exercising individuals require approximately 1. This is greater than the RDA Recommended Dietary Allowance for sedentary person [ 28 ]. According to the current literature we know that the addition of protein and BCAA Branch Chain Amino Acid before or after resistance training can increase protein synthesis and increase in lean mass beyond normal adjustment.

However, it should be noted that gains have primarily been observed in untrained populations unless the supplement contained other nutrients like creatinine monohydrate [ 29 ]. Shriver et al.

Micronutrients provided by fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and wholegrains also remain critical to assist recovery including immune support during the in-season phase particularly when travelling.

With the plethora of mobile phone based apps, education around food choices needs to be provided to accommodate busy lifestyles including convenient and nutritious choices. Dehydration can lead to mental fatigue and manifest in poor concentration, altered decision-making ability and, depending on severity, can even have physiological effects of reduced endurance capacity, strength and power.

All of the above are detrimental to performance and demonstrate the importance of fluid intake in AFL players. Fluid requirements vary depending on environmental factors such as ambient temperature. It is often hot during pre-season and these training sessions may provide less opportunity for fluid intake than during a competitive season game.

Athletes need to take every available opportunity to consume fluid before, during and after these sessions.

Across winter months, in — season hydration needs can be overlooked. However, given the key performance benefits of maintaining adequate hydration status, it is important for athletes to be aware of their average losses to gauge an understanding of their personal requirements before, during and after games.

Fluid requirements also vary widely between individuals depending on their body size, genetics, fitness, positional requirements, match-intensity and their ability to tolerate fluid intake during a game. An Accredited Sports Dietitian can assist individuals in learning more about their fluid requirements, sweat rate and sweat composition during exercise.

AFL games at different levels junior, state, senior are often played at different times. Junior or state games are generally played mid-morning to mid-afternoon and senior games are generally played mid-afternoon to evening. From a nutritional perspective, it is often beneficial to work backwards from the game start time.

The predominant fuel to optimise performance during an AFL game comes from the breakdown of carbohydrates, so it is important to start matches well-fuelled. It is generally recommended that the last main meal be consumed hours before the start of the match.

The small amount of protein in this meal may help to prevent hunger. Given the length and intensity of an AFL game, players should be ingesting some fuel during the game in the form of either food or fluid. Allergies and dietary restrictions must be indicated for each camper at the time of registration.

We will work with parents as partners to ensure a safe camp meal can be provided to every camper. Q: My child requires a special lunch due to a dietary restriction. Can you provide one or should I send something for them? A: We will accommodate all dietary restrictions identified during registration vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, specific allergen free, etc.

within reason. All meal accommodations related to an accessibility need or medical condition will be accommodated. Additionally, we will do our best to provide a meal that closely resembles the meals of the rest of the campers as possible, to ensure your camper feels included during lunch time.

Q: My child is particular about what they will and will not eat. I've looked at the weekly menu you provided in advance of camp, and I would like to request alternate meals for my child. A: Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate these types of requests. Campers who do not have an identified dietary restriction during registration cannot be accommodated.

Please ensure you contact the camp office at camp. ca with follow up questions related to meals and accommodations. Q: Does Camp U of T Mississauga offer financial support for campers to attend summer programs?

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I even joined a Facebook group with a lot of people who all have Celiac, and they always post really good recipes. For Beaton, most of the struggle has been found within his diagnosis, which remains unclear to this day.

Later that night, I was in the Emergency Room and from there on out it just snowballed. This was all going on while I was trying to finish my degree, though I was also rapidly losing weight and essentially not eating or sleeping for months.

Beaton was forced to stop all training, as well as to restrict his diet to exclude dairy, red meat, oil, or hot spices. I went from being at what I considered the best shape of my life to the worst.

I was at a really good weight and power level for what I wanted to do, which was to continue with lower distance sprinting, and in about three months, I lost 50 pounds and all my strength.

Now, Beaton tries to focus on the positives of his experience. After transitioning from being a vegetarian to becoming a strict vegan, a lifestyle which Moore maintained for fifteen months, he eventually found it difficult to manage alongside his demanding soccer workouts.

It never felt like a hassle, because I stood by the cause resolutely and it was worth it to me. Lastly, Moore touched on the benefits of planning meals.

After tearing her ACL last winter, Wilson had been working hard in physical therapy to return to athletics, but was met with a surprising new challenge. Around September and October [of ], I took several naps a day because I was so fatigued all the time.

For Wilson, a change was found within her diet. However, I was so excited by this seemingly tiny accomplishment that I was yelling. I gave all I could give, and accomplished something that I could never have accomplished a few months prior.