An athlete must consider a lot of factors such as their mental focus, ultimate motivation, core goals and most especially their food intakes.
Food is considered as any substance consumed to provide human the nutritional support it needs. Choosing the right foods to eat must be taken into consideration for all athletes.
“If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It’s no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.” -Arthur Lydiard
Nowadays, the market is flooded with different kinds of foods. Some may offer fitness foods, diets for runners, vegan foods, superfoods, high protein and even low carb foods.
Every athlete should be conscious at every meal and snack that they consume before, during and after their big running events. What then are the best natural food to cook for runners and athletes?
Here are the 4 Best Natural Food to Cook for Runners and Athletes! And Number 3 is Sure to Up Your Endurance.
1.) Beans and Legumes
The study shows that beans contain a higher amount of soluble fiber, protein, carbohydrates, folate and even iron.
A cup of beans has about 114 calories and 7 grams of protein. Further, they have no saturated fats unlike the other source of proteins and is considered as superfood. For athletes who love eating vegetables or plant-based source of proteins, then beans and legumes are good for you.
Beans and legumes can be mixed with your vegetable chicken salads.
2.) Berries
Berries are considered as a good source of antioxidants. Berries contains vitamins A, C, and E that protects your body against oxidative stress and free radicals that form in the body during your extreme physical activity.
There are different kinds of berries in the market. But you must choose berries with most intense colors such as blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries, for they contain a higher amount of antioxidants.
Their color compounds are rich in anthocyanins. Anthocyanins-is a powerful group of antioxidants that may help stave off Alzheimer’s disease and some cancers.
Further, they also aid muscle repairs after your post-run activity. This is a good diet for runners.
3.) Quinoa
Quinoa a natural food is composed of at least 13% water, 14% protein, 6% fat and 64% carbohydrates.
The study shows that an uncooked quinoa is rich in protein, has an equal amount of dietary fibers several amounts of B vitamins, and dietary minerals. In addition, they also have a balanced set of essential amino acids.
It is also a good source of phosphorus, magnesium, and iron. You can eat quinoa during breakfast paired with cinnamon and honey.
4.) Banana
Bananas are known for their high content of potassium. A single medium-sized banana contains around 400mg of potassium.
According to A State University in Colorado, potassium is necessary for good nerve and muscle function as well as for maintaining a healthy balance of fluids in the body.
To add, the potassium in bananas can help prevent muscle cramps after extreme exercise.
Always remember that: “Your diet is a bank account.
Good food choices are good investments.” -Bethenny Frankel
Good food choices are good investments.” -Bethenny Frankel
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