Top US Professor Explains How Young Athletes Should Fuel their Bodies For Sports

Top US professor explains how young athletes should be fueling their bodies (Credit: AP, Unsplash)

Young athletes need the right nutrition to fuel their athletic performance and support muscle recovery at the end of the day, all while ensuring healthy growth and development. Adam Huffield, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, sheds light on the specifics of getting this delicate balance, firmly right.

"Young athletes need all three macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Carbohydrates provide the primary fuel for practices and games. So good sources include cereals, fruit, breads, pasta, rice. And they need protein for building muscle and for repairing muscle that gets damaged during exercise. So quality sources of proteins include eggs, cheese, yogurt, beans, meat and fish. And lastly, they need healthy fats from olive oil, avocados, nuts and seeds. And these are going to provide another source of energy and also support normal growth," he lists, making the key takeaway of this that young athletes need to be consuming enough food overall: "Remember, they’re not just fueling their sport, but they’re also fueling their development."

Now when one talks about development, especially for growing bodies exerting themselves to the…

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