Which of the following factor(s) should be considered when calculating nutrient intake and developing a meal plan for an athlete? travel, weekly training schedule, access to food, living environment
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For this case study, you will need to recruit a healthy adult competitive athlete. This person can be a recreational athlete, college athlete, or another type of active athlete. Alternatively, you can even use yourself. Note that this is just an academic exercise, so the person you are working with does not need to follow the program. Go through steps 1-8 provided below and develop nutritional guidelines for your subject, depending on the season that he/she is in. Then provide a discussion as to why you made your recommendation. Show all calculations that may apply. Make note of the person's age, gender, sport, and athletic season. Step 1: Determine body composition. Step 2: Determine daily caloric expenditure range for training days, non-training days, and competition days. Step 3: Determine the bioenergetics the sport primarily demands for peak athletic performance; Athlete-Type; Anaerobic-Immediate energy system; Anaerobic Glycolytic-Oxidative Glycolytic; and Oxidative. Some examples of sports are included below. Step 4: Determine daily protein intake estimate and the foods and supplements to achieve it. Remember that protein requirements can be different among different athlete types and among individual athletes. This gives a scientific reason for making protein intake a priority for sports nutrition programs in addition to other factors. Step 5: Determine daily carbohydrate estimate and the foods and supplements to achieve it. Remember to plan for carbohydrate beverage intake before, during, and after practice and for sport events as appropriate. Modulate carbohydrate type and amount with meals and snacks to meet specific nutrition goals. Step 6: Determine fat (essential fatty acids) intake estimate and plan and select food and cooking methods to achieve it. Keep fat intake under 30% of total daily calories, which will be an ongoing skill to master. For certain sports, maintaining low fat intake during the season - between 15-20% of total daily calories - can be challenging and requires extra effort to make sure athletes are ingesting adequate amounts of essential fatty acids: Linoleic and Alpha-Linoleic acids. Add healthy sources of essential fatty acids in addition to EPA and DHA as required for health. Step 7: Maintain proper fluid intake estimate to meet daily requirements, as determined by the amount of physical activity, environmental factors, and specific athletic training, performance, and health needs. Step 8: Determine the needs for using special sports nutrition and dietary supplement products. I need to have it solved on a real example like, for example, a woman 26 years old, bodybuilder, 2 weeks before the competition, or any other example of another athlete.
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