How to Fuel Youth Athletes
Meet Marisa, our newest dietitian on our team, who shares the basics of how to fuel and hydrate youth athletes. She loves helping youth athletes and their families fuel and hydrate smarter for their respective sport.
Marisa talks about how it’s important for a dietitian to make a full assessment of a youth athlete’s diet. We discuss some of the things that we look at as sports nutritionists, including:
- Calorie, or energy intake, and the impact on health and performance
- Macronutrient intake and how it’s sport dependent
- Micronutrient intake and how certain ones can be depleted
- Nutrient timing and how it affects performance
- Supplement intake, if necessary
We also discuss avoiding chugging, not drinking only water and potentially avoiding fat, fiber and fried foods within 3 hours of exercise. Plus, we talk about how to fuel if you have to be at a practice or game very early in the morning.
There are TONS of other great tips and tricks that Marisa shares, so be sure to listen! Don’t forget your Free Hydration Guide for Athletes here.
Want to work with Marisa?
We enjoy working with athletes (and non-athletes alike) in different stages of life to help them through any nutrition challenges. Book a free nutrition consult here.
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