Dietary planning suggestions for people who exercise regularly (Part1)Professional advice/ Chang Pei-rong, Sentosa
Do you play badminton once or twice a week, each time for more than one hour? Actually, not just badminton players, anyone who exercises regularly will benefit from the suggestions in this article, so be sure to read it carefully!
When talking about the relationship between sport and diet, it is important to know the speed that different foods are digested by the body.
Saccharide foods such as white rice and toast, will raise blood sugar level immediadely after they are consumed. In terms of speed of digestion, these are followed by protein, used to form muscle; fat needs the assistance of more digestive enzymes to be digested and usually takes a relatively long time to be digested by the digestive tract.
This is why experts emphasize the importance of eating the right kinds of foods before sport and suggest that ordinary people (especially those with low blood sugar levels) can eat a small amount of a saccharide food before sport to give them they energy they need and stop them suffering a reduction in muscle power and lack of energy during sport.
