I am really interested in looking into nutrition and especially for runners and athletes. As I may have said before, I want to track the foods I eat for a week (not sure what I would do with them though...) but it would be cool to just have that log.
So I started very broad on this topic and just looked up runner's diet.
I have found that the major constituents of a runners diet should be to:
1. Eat seeds or food made from seeds
2. Eat 5 different colored fruits and vegetables daily
3. Eat plant foods with their skins intact
4. Drink Milk and eat milk products that come from animals
5. Eat foods that come from cold water
6. Eat meat, poultry, and eggs from free-range or grass-fed animals.
I do very well at most of these rules, except number 5. It suggests fish but I am really not a big seafood fan, so I should look to try to find some alternate. Other than that, I think I eat pretty well! I could eat more seeds and nuts, but I definitely eat my fruits and veggies and plant foods w/ skins (out of laziness more than anything else!)
Runners need 50% more protein than non runners! Chobani, Chobani, Chobani!!!
Probably next week I will be looking at the proportions and calories, etc that one should be consuming while training. But this is a start for now, and good to know I'm on track!
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