Urgent Need of Nutritional Strategy and Innovated Functional Foods for Athletes Health and Fitness

Abstract

It is generally accepted that sports lead to both healthy bodies and minds, but what to eat is a problematic. The majority of young men and college students like to practice gymnastic and related sports for building their bodies. However they do not aware about the proper nutrition required to increase muscle mass without inducing negative health effect. In addition, athletes practicing different types of sports need special nutrition before, during and after training to be in a healthy state together with complete fitness and performance. Supplementation of special food products formulated by nutritionists may be the solution.