Comparing Football Diets

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Country: USA
Job: Football player.
Age :30

Note: this diet was created by david, he got the information from the internet about what you need to eat.

Football diet: soccer is a competitive, very fast paced sport. Because of that the demands to the player's body can be very incredible.This is because the football is a sport where your body is always in motion. An average soccer player can run about 12 miles in a game (19km)

Type of diet:
To be a football player, you don't only have to do exercises for your health. You also have to eat healthy. That's why in football clubs there are nutritionists and when you are in a professional club like real madrid or barcelona, nutritionist will try to affect your diet very much! Because a diet will help the players be fit and not gain weight. Some food will also help increase stamina and muscle growth of the player what will help in sports such as football. Nutrition must be very important in an athletes/football players training. What and how much you eat daily has to affect your performance in the game and health. But a proper nutritionist does not only improve your diet for physicality, but also for mentality what also counts in a football match. The consequences of not eating well may be very dramatic and big. Thats why, it is really important! …show more content…

For breakfast, you will need loads of carbs and fat but always have at least 2 hours before the sport! Carbs are very well known for energy. If you are a football player, you will use up a lot of energy on your day using sport, and you will also need a lot of energy, that's why you will need a lot of carbs during breakfast. You must also have a small amount of protein because it's also important for energy.

This diet is the “carbohydrate diet”. But also, pretty realistic!

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