Nutrition
Fit Pack Systems are pleased to be working in partnership with Dr Karen Reid, a Registered Dietitian and Sports and Exercise Nutritionist who brings over 30 years experience of working with elite athletes and sportspeople to provide sports nutrition and dietetic expertise.
Karen has developed a collection of practical sports nutrition resources called Performance Food which have been tried and tested on elite athletes and sportspeople providing education on food to give optimal health and sports performance.
Performance Food resources provide:
- Independent, professional and expert dietary advice to help you optimise your health and get the most out of your fitness and sport through the correct food.
- Information on effective and proven dietary approaches.
- Complex scientific research presented as simple food ideas to help you plan your daily meals and menus around your training.
- Ways to make use of simple food alternatives avoiding the unnecessary expense of sports food products and supplements.
- Easy to follow guides on all aspects on eating for sports performance.
Performance Food Resources
Performance Food Booklets
The Performance Food booklets are a useful resource for parents, teams, clubs and schools, coaches, sports and fitness trainers, as well as sports nutritionists and other members of the sports science sports medicine teams.
They will benefit you by:
- Demonstrating how to make use of everyday foods and drinks, ways to get protein and energy from foods and drinks readily available in supermarkets and pharmacy stores.
- Performance Food suggestions are convenient and generally cost less than supplements and sports food products.
Personal Hydration Logs
How Much Do I Need to Drink? - this is one of the most frequent questions asked by people during exercise. As the amount of fluid lost as sweat varies between individuals and is dependent on environmental conditions and duration and intensity of activity, being aware of your hydration status is extremely important.
The Performance Food personal hydration monitoring logs have been designed to help you assess your own individual fluid requirements and work out how much you need to drink to match your sweat losses. They have been extensively used with elite athletes and sportspeople and have been shown to be a simple and effective way to monitor hydration status and optimise your hydration.
