Dietary habits and energy balance in an under 21 male international soccer team. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caruana Bonnici, Dorianne; Akubat, Ibrahim; Greig, Matthew; Sparks, Andy; Mc Naughton, Lars R.
• Is Part Of: Research in sports medicine. Volume 26:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 168
• Page End: 177
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Dietary intervention -- nutrition -- performance -- BEAST90mod; Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Athletic Injuries -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Periodicals; Sports Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine du sport -- Périodiques; 617.102705
• DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2018.1431537
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1543-8627

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Soccer presents a metabolic challenge which is not necessarily matched by players' habitual dietary intake. To examine the effects of a bespoke diet, 22 players completed the Ball Sport Endurance and Sprint Test (BEAST90mod ) protocol, followed by 4 days of regulated nutritional intake. The diet consisted of 10 g∙kg −1 body mass (BM) and 1.7 g∙kg −1 BM of carbohydrate and protein, respectively. On day 5, players followed a prematch nutritional strategy of 7 g∙kg −1 BM of carbohydrate and 1 g∙kg −1 BM of protein divided into three meals and then repeated the BEAST90mod . The players' pre-intervention intake consisted of 49 ± 7.1% or 3.5 g ± 1.0 g∙kg −1 BM for carbohydrate and 19 ± 3.8% of total daily energy intake or 1.3 g ± 0.5 g∙kg −1 BM for protein. Following the tailor-made dietary intervention, players ran an additional 887 ± 233 m (8.1%; d = 2.4). An acute dietary intervention provided a positive effect on a valid simulated soccer match play test.