31 July 2008
Athlete Nutrition Expert Leslie Bonci: Diets
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Athlete nutrition expert Leslie Bonci discusses diets for high school and college athletes. “”I think the most important thing for wrestlers to do during the holiday time is to first of all, that same routine being established, because typically, a season is starting before the holidays begin, so you say, okay, I know I need to eat pre and post-practice. I know I need to eat something within an hour of waking up and two other times during the day. Even over the holidays, that is still possible. So perhaps, instead of eating the whole turkey and the whole bowl of stuffing, maybe we?re dividing that out into five meals. We?re just trying to be consistent, remembering that even if the body is not as physically active around the holidays, it still needs to be hydrated. So the importance of getting the liquid in, and for a wrestler who might be trying really, really hard to keep weight and maintain weight, maybe it?s the tradeoff, and you say I really wanna have a piece of Mom?s pumpkin pie and maybe if I?m gonna have that pie, I?m willing to have a smaller scoop of mashed potatoes, so at the end of the day, the body is still in balance.”"
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