Diet for athletes

Due to their physical exertion, athletes have special nutritional needs, especially professional athletes, because following a suitable diet allows them to achieve optimal sporting performance.

Food provides the body with the essential substances needed for its maintenance. This is why athletes need to know which foods are good for their health, and that these foods have a positive impact on their physical performance and on their recovery.

What foods should athletes eat?

To achieve good physical performance, it is essential to follow a balanced diet, mainly consisting of the following foods:

• Vegetables, as they are high in vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, fibre and water. This means that they help to detox your body and provide satiety.
• They are low-calorie foods and provide lots of antioxidant vitamins and minerals that will help to keep the body in peak condition. It is advisable to eat three portions a day.
• Whole grains, like brown bread, brown or wild rice, pasta, etc. These are the main source of energy, and thanks to their fibre, they help to detox and regulate your body.
• The most highly recommended meats are the ones that are low in fat, i.e. white meats such as chicken, turkey and rabbit, as they provide protein with a high biological value and help you to regain muscle mass faster.
• White fish. These are a great source of proteins and they are easy to digest, so they make it easier for your body to absorb nutrients, improving your recovery.
• Oily fish: such as swordfish, salmon, tuna, bonito, mackerel, sardines, anchovies, etc. This type of fish provides slightly more fat due to its omega-3 content, which reduces muscle inflammation, something unavoidable after training, and provides a higher percentage of protein than white fish and white meats.
• Low-fat diary products: milk, yoghurts, low-fat cheeses, soya products, etc. They are a great source of high biological value proteins, calciumand vitamin D, which are essential for good muscle and bone function.

It is important to consider the food you eat after exercise, as it plays a key role in your recovery.

During exercise, the body sweats and burns fat and carbohydrates, producing enough energy to carry out the activity. This results in too many nutrients being lost and an imbalance in the body’s nutrient levels. It is therefore very important to restore these levels once you have finished.

At that moment, foods rich in carbohydrates and proteins and low in fat, and foods that are high in potassium, like bananas, dehydrated fruit, vegetables, etc. are highly recommended.

Natural supplementation for athletes

Despite following a balanced diet, sometimes you need to take natural supplementsthat provide a little help to get the levels of proteins, minerals, vitamins, etc. you need.

There are also supplements that help to reduce tiredness and improve physical performance, like Keriba Sport.

Keriba Sport is a natural food supplement based on POMANOX ® (natural extract of the whole fresh fruit of the pomegranate), magnesium and vitamin B6, which delays the onset of exhaustion, helping to reduce muscle damage and inflammation during exercise.

Also, Keriba Sport provides numerous benefits for athletes such as supporting a good electrolyte balance, helping to maintain normal muscle and bone function, promoting red blood cell formation and inhibiting the breakdown of cartilage.

This is why Keriba Sport is considered to be one of the best natural antioxidants for delaying the onset of physical tiredness, so it enhances your sporting performance.