Exercise and diet are related, because food is our fuel, but beware, going to the gym does not give you a license to eat what you want.
Some of us make the mistake of thinking that food and exercise are like ‘he who sins and prays ties’, and that by going to the gym a couple of hours a day we have license to eat whatever we want, how and when we feel like it. Nutrition specialists believe that things are not that simple.
Sport by itself does not give you a free hand to eat everything; remember the case of the Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who consumed 10,000 calories per day; Several nutritionists sounded the alarm about the risks of imitating this type of behavior, since what is useful to one person is harmful to another.
“In the nutrition part, it is about looking for the miraculous recipe, the miraculous nutrient or the miraculous supplement that makes us improve performance, but what the athlete needs is to know himself much more to understand what foods work best for you at all times and in each situationJavier Guerrero, from the Sports Nutrition Institute (IND) of Spain, told the BBC.
On the other hand, specialists advise not to exercise without eating anything, because when you are fasting you have already spent most of the energy you got from the last meal eaten the night before, and your blood sugar level is low. If you exercise without eating you may feel dizzy or weak.
So what to eat to exercise? The nutritionist Adriana Alvarado recommends in withyouhealth.comthat before exercising you should consume:
-Low-fat foodsbecause it takes longer to digest, so it can cause fatigue
-Slow absorption carbohydrates: legumes, whole grains, oats, barley, flaxseed, banana, corn
-Fruits with shell: apple, plum, pear, strawberries, kiwi, orange, tangerine
-Low fat dairy: skim milk and yogurt
Note that if you eat a lot, you will have to rest before exercising. After breakfast, lunch or dinner, it is recommended to wait 60 to 90 minutes, so that digestion does not alter your performance. You can have a light eleven or half-nine before exercise, but you should still wait 30-60 minutes, depending on what you ate.
In conclusion, we quote the words of Javier Guerrero to the BBC: «Each food has many properties and a diet could come out for each one of them, but in the end it is the athlete himself who has to know how his body works. There are no miracle foods that will make you improve performance or lose weight, but there are good habits and bad habits.
Do you take care of your diet according to the physical activity you do?