Misguided Nutrition
Honestly, it's not their fault. The whole world sets them up for failure. Flawed studies based on previous flawed studies and really bad, lazy, and dare I say incompetent science has pervaded nutrition science for generations.
Hi Team,
Please prepare yourself for the meet by drinking and eating nutritious meals. Parents, please help your swimmers by offering them high carbohydrate foods with low refined sugar content. Two days before the meet, swimmers should start drinking more milk or protein drinks, and water. High carbohydrate food such as pasta and rice are good for the day before the meet. Bananas, apples and nuts will be great as snacks. Boiled potatoes, bread, eggs, fruits, oatmeal, raisins are good for breakfast on the meet day. Please stay away from food with high fat or sugar content such as bacon, donuts, sausages, hamburgers…etc. They will slow you down and will prevent your body from digesting other food efficiently. You also need to hydrate during your meet, so please bring your water or sport drink. Also, please do not eat a big meal within an hour before your event.
Go Team!
But, come on! The information is out there now. All they have to do is read a little. Read and prepare for a major paradigm shift.
Gary Taubes' book, Good Calories, Bad Calories is a good start. Hell, it could even be a start and end because I guarantee by the time they finish it, they'll have seen the light.
What set me off this morning? An email to Reilly Kate's entire swim team from a well intentioned... I guess he's a parent, I'm not sure.
Here it is:
Hi Team,
Please prepare yourself for the meet by drinking and eating nutritious meals. Parents, please help your swimmers by offering them high carbohydrate foods with low refined sugar content. Two days before the meet, swimmers should start drinking more milk or protein drinks, and water. High carbohydrate food such as pasta and rice are good for the day before the meet. Bananas, apples and nuts will be great as snacks. Boiled potatoes, bread, eggs, fruits, oatmeal, raisins are good for breakfast on the meet day. Please stay away from food with high fat or sugar content such as bacon, donuts, sausages, hamburgers…etc. They will slow you down and will prevent your body from digesting other food efficiently. You also need to hydrate during your meet, so please bring your water or sport drink. Also, please do not eat a big meal within an hour before your event.
Go Team!
I think we'll skip his advice. RK just had an enormous bowl of chili with brown rice. We'll be packing nuts and pepperoni, cheese sticks and cottage cheese. I might bring a thermos of meaty, bacon filled, high fat chili, too. We'll also bring some Kashi bars, clementines, and apples because, yes, it's not a bad idea for kids to have some carbs on a race day. But the above advice is a prime example of the bad science I'm talking about.
posted by The Histrionics of a Fat Housewife at 9:07 AM
3 Comments:
Preaching to the choir here, so all I have to say is, "Amen Sister!" It makes me furious to read "nutritionist" advice in articles in papers and magazines. 90% of the time they are WRONG! Why in the hell are they still buying into the Low Fat LIE that has made this country obese over the past 30 years?
Good Luck RK! Kick some water booty today!
If you think thats bad, I will send you a copy of the hot lunch offerings they have at Sam's school.
It's a recipe for childhood obesity and diabetes. The school should be closed down for the food they serve these poor kids. So we pack Sam's lunch. And YES, I have called and written!!!
Auntie Wendy
Well, they are right about the low refined sugar content. That's something! Although it's hard to find a commercially prepared "protein drink" that doesn't have high fructose corn syrup in it, and honestly, 6 and 7 year-olds should be eating food, not "protein drinks." I keep thinking of my MIL who, out of concern for our kids' nutrition, bought them Pediasure. "Complete balanced nutrition for children." Ingredients: water, sugar, corn maltodextrin... 18 grams of sugar, 7 grams of protein.
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