By Bobby Vinluan

Sports Psychology

Thursday, July 26, 2012

BALANCED DIET! That is what the nutrition month means, aside from the eating habit of less fat, less calories, more protein etc. Nutrition is one of the key components of being healthy, fit and strong, and what brings us together closer to knowing the right nutrition is food servings and the dining table.

July is the National Nutrition Month, and there are things to be considered and pondered upon when it comes to NUTRITION. Unless the individual thinks otherwise, nutrition will be just having our daily bread and eating three times a day, its just like saying that nutrition can be available when you can buy it then you can have it.

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On the other hand, like a mother who prepares food following the food pyramid to maintain health through nutrition, in sports, nutrition is the best supplement an athlete can get to maintain the essential vitamins, and nutrients the body need to cope up with the daily training and exercise to be in shape.

Nothing is forbidden about eating, food is a primordial need for reasons of health and sustenance, but to be sure you get the most from your food choices, it is best to have a target intake, know your food combinations and especially your diet. To a layman, diet may simply mean the shredding of fat or calories to lose weight or eating a kings breakfast to gain weight, or simply eating and drinking for his daily fare.

On the other hand, the athletes diet is more serious, about not just losing or gaining weight; He makes sure that his diet is met in a regulated manner because to the athlete it is at least 50% of the battle during their off-season cycle and as competition approaches, diet becomes increasingly important until it is up to 80% of the battle. Dieting plus the intensive exercise and training the athlete does give the athlete the edge of being successful in his desire to develop a championship physique.

Athletes can train like Trojans with a perfect mental attitude, but everything will go for nothing if nutrition and diet is faulty. Exercise is not all that helps in the achievement of health, it happens in the kitchen too, but only if yours is stocked with the right foods and supplements necessary to build strength, stamina, and muscle tissue, and that which have the vitally important vitamins, minerals, and enzymes, to achieve the overall psychology and philosophy of what nutrition and diet is.

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