What is a good diet for an athlete?

A healthy diet is basically a healthy diet. Other than amounts the same diet that is healthiest for couch potatoes is also healthiest for athletes. Competitive athletes looking for any edge they can find often jump on various nutritional and supplement bandwagons but this only benefits the book publishers and supplement companies. At a certain level of competition nutrition becomes a science. While training for the Tour de France Lance Armstrong weighed all of his food carefully adjusting his calorie intake to match his training to avoid gaining weight or running out of energy. He was maintaining a level of condition 99% of humanity could never reach. You don’t need to do anything that precise just to loose a few pounds. You shouldn’t think of a diet as something you temporarily go on to fix a problem; you should make permanent lifestyle changes that will lead to your being healthier. Most people eat too much fat and sugar and not enough whole grains, vegetables, and fruit. Avoiding fast food and junk food and eating more whole grains, vegetables, and fruit you are probably going in the right direction.

You had better consult a qualified dietitian who could suggest you something on the basis of your daily routines and type of exercises.

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