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Food
The
following are ideas of foods that can be brought to the various
camps listed in this issue. Remember you will be exercising
A LOT (and having fun! While learning new skills) and will be
hungry. Just think how awful it would be to be dragging butt
due to lack of food when everyone else is enjoying themselves.
You'll need your carbs for good energy and protein to repair
all the muscles you'll be working. Many camps will be providing
food obviously and you'll need to check as to what is approved
for you to bring. The following list should be safe to bring
because these foods do not need to be refrigerated, can be easily
stored in back packs, and there are no nuts which can be life
threatening to a team mate with allergies. Proper packaging
and containers will keep the "bugs at bay" too.
Carbohydrates:
· Dried fruit
· Small boxes of cereal
· OR mix a healthy fortified cereal with a sugary one
such as Cheerios Multi Grain with honey nut, or Total Corn Flakes
with a few frosted flakes. These could be put in small zip locs
or one big one.
· Animal crackers, crackers, pretzels
· Granola bars, cereal bars, flavored rice cakes
· Pop top/peel back Fruit cups or applesauce
Protein:
· Protein bars such as Balance, Zone, Luna, Special K
Protein. Just make sure they do NOT contain sugar alcohols.
The word "sugar alcohol" will be in the carbohydrate
section of the nutrition label, and the type will be in the
ingredient list. Sorbitol, Mannitol, Xylitol, Maltitol, (they
all end in OL) are examples. Sugar alcohols can be very gassy
and cause diarrhea when eaten in excess. Not cool when you're
at camp.
· Beef jerky, turkey jerky, venison jerky
· Edamame (soy beans)
· Pop top cans of garbanzo beans /chick peas (chi chi
beans)
Hydration:
· Personal water bottles, fancy ones, silly straws. Anything
to encourage proper hydration. It is rare to get too much water.
I know it’s been in the media lately but that was an extreme
scenario under stupid circumstances.
· Juice boxes for potassium, powered or bottled Gatorade/PowerAde
for electrolyte balance. You'll also get sodium in your pretzels
and any packaged foods. Prepared meals will probably have sodium
too.
When we are dehydrated exercising
is 8-15% harder to do. If you're learning new sport techniques
and building strength and endurance, you won't want this extra
burden. Just think of being dehydrated and you're blood being
think like molasses. It's harder to for the heart to move all
this blood to fingers and toes and all the muscles in between.
Drink up!
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