Vitamins, Supplements, and Diet, Oh My!
With all this training, it's important to stay healthy!
Some of my other teammates know a lot more about vitamins and supplements, but here's what I take:
Vitamins - MultiVitamin, Calcium + Magnesium (2 a day), Glucosamine + Chondroitin (2 a day).
After games, when my immune system is way down, I have an EmergenC right after playing. I used to get a 1-2 day cold after playing in big games until I started taking it and now it doesn't seem to happen as much. I am also a HUGE fan of Airborne and take it everytime I fly, if I went out for drinks, and even the slightest hint of an itchy throat. If anyone around me is sick, I keep it at the ready and am very willing to share.
Supplements - I just started with Endurox recovery drink for after workouts and Muscle Milk for breakfast or before a workout. I used to drink the chocolate protein shakes (+ banana) for dinner last year, but don't have a blender and stirring/shaking it just doesn't cut it :)
Diet - replaced milk with soy milk and eat 2 hard boiled egg whites every day (both for added protein). Wheat instead of white, reduced my caffeine intake, and drinking tea instead of coffee (although Starbucks is my guilty pleasure!). I now bring my lunch to work most days, which means I'm not at the mercy of whatever food is convenient. I typically pack yogurt, 2 PBJs, carrots, HB eggs, fruit and trail mix. I know I'm not the pinnacle of healthy eating (admittedly, I eat cereal for dinner a lot), but I've been working on it.
What does everyone else take? Any dietary tips?
I'd be curious to know...leave a comment!
Some of my other teammates know a lot more about vitamins and supplements, but here's what I take:
Vitamins - MultiVitamin, Calcium + Magnesium (2 a day), Glucosamine + Chondroitin (2 a day).
After games, when my immune system is way down, I have an EmergenC right after playing. I used to get a 1-2 day cold after playing in big games until I started taking it and now it doesn't seem to happen as much. I am also a HUGE fan of Airborne and take it everytime I fly, if I went out for drinks, and even the slightest hint of an itchy throat. If anyone around me is sick, I keep it at the ready and am very willing to share.
Supplements - I just started with Endurox recovery drink for after workouts and Muscle Milk for breakfast or before a workout. I used to drink the chocolate protein shakes (+ banana) for dinner last year, but don't have a blender and stirring/shaking it just doesn't cut it :)
Diet - replaced milk with soy milk and eat 2 hard boiled egg whites every day (both for added protein). Wheat instead of white, reduced my caffeine intake, and drinking tea instead of coffee (although Starbucks is my guilty pleasure!). I now bring my lunch to work most days, which means I'm not at the mercy of whatever food is convenient. I typically pack yogurt, 2 PBJs, carrots, HB eggs, fruit and trail mix. I know I'm not the pinnacle of healthy eating (admittedly, I eat cereal for dinner a lot), but I've been working on it.
What does everyone else take? Any dietary tips?
I'd be curious to know...leave a comment!
posted by Lee Knight at 7:49 PM
1 Comments:
i'm not sure about the Glucosamine + Chondroitin part. i used this stuff in rehab for my strained knee bands, but to be honest, i don't know if it did anything for me.
all the supplements, this seems to be a very american obsession.
are you vegetarian?
i stopped my vegetarian diet years ago because i was always hungry on game days. when on the road, it's almost impossible to get a decent vegetarian meal and so i decided to eat whatever i could get a hold of during the season.
bananas and yogurth are my favourites on workout days, and will be my breakfast and lunch of choice for the next 4 weeks, as i have to lose at least 5kg before the season starts.
my favourite (and usually only) supplement: magnesium/magnesia.
might be some kind of placebo effect, but without magnesium i just don't feel right.
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