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Dietary Analysis

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Diet is an important part of the overall programme of an elite athlete. Carbohydrates are the source of energy in the majority of sports to some extent and should form the main part of an athlete’s diet irrespective of their sport. A dietary analysis can determine the breakdown of an athlete’s diet in terms of carbohydrate, fat and protein and will also give a very specific analysis of whether there are deficient in any vitamins and minerals. The dietary analysis will enable athletes to make changes to their diet that will promote recovery and enhance performance.

Areas where a dietary analysis may be beneficial:

Weight restricted sports

It is important that athlete’s competing in such sports maintain body weight in a sensible way. Many sports allow athletes to be overweight early on in the competitive year with tighter weight restrictions for the main competitive season. A dietary analysis will enable your sports nutritionist to determine what areas of the diet can be altered to help you make weight without drastic weight loss, dieting and dehydrating which will all have a negative effect on performance. Dietary analysis combined with a body composition assessment will enable your sport nutritionist will be able to determine how much body fat can be realistically lost to help you achieve your target weight in a healthy way.

Sports where increased muscle mass is beneficial

Sports such as rugby, rowing and weightlifting (among others) are likely to benefit from an increase in muscle mass (muscle hypertrophy). A dietary analysis will determine whether the amount of calories being consumed is sufficient to build muscle. Additional calories will be necessary to increase muscle mass. However, the quality of the increase in calories must also be maintained to ensure any increase in weight is in lean muscle and not fat. By assessing the diet through a dietary analysis we can determine if the breakdown of foods is optimum to promote an increase in muscle mass (in conjunction with a strength raining regime).

Contrary to belief a substantial increase in protein intake will not enhance muscle mass. The increase in calories should come from low fat carbohydrate choices that contain protein, vitamins and minerals. By combining a dietary analysis with a body composition assessment you can insure that any increase in muscle mass is an increase in lean muscle with a minimal increase in body fat.

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Dietary Analysis

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