Sports
nutrition focuses on how food and dietary supplements affect
athletic performance, improvement, and recovery. One goal
of sports nutrition is to maintain glycogen levels and prevent
glycogen depletion.
Another
is to optimize energy levels and muscle tone. An athlete's
strategy for winning an event may include a schedule for the
entire season of what to eat, when to eat it, and in what
precise quantities.
Participants
in endurance sports such as the full-distance triathlon actually
eat during their races. Sports nutrition works hand-in-hand
with sports medicine.
