Introduction
The offer as regards nutritional complements for sportsmen became plethoric (excessive). Each food product designed for sportsmen has specific virtues for the organization. When the food of the sportsman is prepared there are three phases to take into account: front, during and afterwards. However it is especially during the effort that the effects and progress are significant.
The drink in the food of the sportsman
The purpose of the energy drink is principal to alleviate the tiredness appeared during the effort. It is used of course for réhydrater the body, for that it is necessary to drink a sufficient quantity of it. The taste is a big factor, it should not be too much sweetened but must have a pleasant taste. For choosing well it is advised to test drink before.So that an energy drink acts the organization of course, certain characteristics must be precise with attention:
- the concentration of Glucide S should not exceed 60 g/l in summer, knowing that our body does not oxidize more than 1 G per minute. One thus should not consume some more than 60 G per hour.
- It must have there sufficient Minéraux, of which the Sodium which helps with digestion.
- pH of water used must be most neutral possible.
It is also necessary to pay attention to including/understanding well the difference between energy drink and drink énergisante. The energy drink is a contribution with the muscles, whereas the drink énergisante (of the type Red Bull,…) does nothing but bring one feeling of physical freshness but is not recommended at the time of an effort of the sporting type. A good compromise is incarnated by a new wave of products known as énergisants. This type of drink is halfway between drink known as energy and the drink Isotonique or sporting.
Energy cakes, bars and gel
- energy Cakes:
Cependant one should not anything eat of other because one can eat some like a meal with whole share and it should be known that one should not consume some more than every 2 hours.
The food pyramid
At the base, this pyramid is composed in five parts which relate to sugars slow, fast, the fruit and vegetables, the meat, the dairy produces. But it is true that certain meats can not be recommended.- energy Bars: There is for all the tastes, cereals, pastes of fruit, bars hyperprotéinées, all aiming of the different objectives. The fruit bars are mainly made up of glucids. Those in almond pastes are very rich in lipids and both are made up of fat contents which make them more effective on the long distances (superior at 3 a.m.). The hyperprotéinées bars are interesting for the periods of muscular development and drive.
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energy Gel: The gel is true concentrate energy, practical to maintain glycogen during the effort. Their consumption must often be proportioned with pure water. To take during the exercise.
Food complements
The European directive defines them as follows: “The food complements are foodstuffs of which the goal is to supplement the normal food mode and who constitute a concentrated source of nutrients or other substances having a nutritional or physiological effect, only or combined, marketed in the form of normal amount”
In France, the food complements are defined like “intended products with being introduced in complement of the current food in order to stage the real or supposed insufficiency AJR (Recommended Daily Contributions)
There exist several categories additional food adapted to the needs for each market (sport, cholesterol, thinness,…). There are for the sportsmen the categories of the vitamins, minerals and trace elements which you can find under the names: antioxydant, magnesium, copper, zinc, selenium,…
the natural origin of the sources is one with respect to the synthetic products more .
Sources
Monthly magazines " Triathlete" n°216-225-226-227-228
Precise details
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