1-2-3 Snacks

Most athletes see the benefits of eating frequently and consistently through the day. Eating a balanced diet in small portions 5-6 times a day helps to avoid the “peaks and valleys” of energy brought on by the insulin-glucagon response. If you eat 3 large meals, you will go through energy highs and energy lows during the course of the day. This has many detrimental side-effects ranging from concentration, athletic ability and even your ability to stave off disease.

Eating a balanced diet requires some planning and also having plenty of nutritionally dense food readily available for snacks. Follow the 1-2-3 principle for snacking

Every snack that we ingest should have 3 components to make sure that we are getting a properly balanced nutritionally sound caloric intake.

1. Fruit
2. Carbohydrate
3. Protein

Some examples of very simple snacks that you can take with you:

  • Apple, granola bar, yogurt
  • Peanut butter and banana sandwich
  • Orange and chocolate milk  (more on chocolate milk later…)
  • Trail mix with dried fruit
  • Grapes and a bagel with cream cheese

Pack snacks for throughout the day which follow the 1-2-3 pinciple and you will have more consistent energy and see better results.

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