Question:
I am researching a story on sports
nutrition, and I am interested in
hearing from anyone who is familiar
with any cutting-edge approaches
to nutrition and sports performance.
I find the best-selling sports nutrition
books mostly recommend the FDA food
pyramid, but how does the Atkins
diet approach fit in for athletes?
Or are there other new approaches
worth exploring?
Answer:
I know that sugarbusters works for
me until I start training for 1/2
IM races, or even just a 1/2 marathon.
Then I have to add carbs, or I crash
big time on the long workouts. During
an interview with Dr. Atkins on
Larry King, a caller called in questioning
the atkins approach, and made the
point about marathon runners eating
high carb diets, and are very lean.
Dr. Atkins replied that with the
amount of training world cl marathoners
carry out, they need all the carbs.
He also said normal people could
eat up to 100 or more grams of carbs
a day based on their level of activity,
after they have reached their preferred
weight.
You need to
ask yourself a few questions: Is
the athlete recreational or professional?
Is the athlete primarily in an aerobic
or non-aerobic sport?
