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Diet and Nutrition |
Hypoglycemia and athletic10/01/2008 |
my daughter plays basketball on college level and has a big probleem lately with hypoglycemia. her workouts start at 6 am can you recomend a diet plan for this very active 20 yr old. p.s. she tends to run on the anemic side and uases iron pills daily to keep that in check.
The most immediate and critical questions to address is whether or not your daughter is fueling herself properly for her activity level throughout each day as well as in the mornings before she works out. Our bodies rely on glycogen (carbohydrate) stored in the muscle and liver to fuel high intensity workouts. If she is not eating enough food and carbohydrate to keep those glycogen stores ready to go, then of course she is experiencing some hypoglycemia. That is how our bodies work.
In general, female athletes should be eating a minimum of 2000 calories daily (please do not consider this as optimal as many female athletes need many more calories to be well-fueled). A reasonable pre-practice snack for a 6 a.m. practice depends on the intensity and length of the workout, but would be at least 40-60 grams if carbohydrate in a well-fed person. If your daughter is skimping on calories as many female athletes do and not having anything of good carbohydrate value before her morning practices, it goes a long ways towards explaining her hypoglycemia.
The money spent to have her meet with a Registered Dietitian in your local area who often works with athletes would be money well-spent.
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Jackie Buell, PhD, RD/LD, ATC, LAT Director of Sports Nutrition Department of Human Nutrition College of Education and Human Ecology The Ohio State University |
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