Eating a balanced diet is a key to sports nutrition. The right combination of fuel (calories) from carbohydrates, proteins and fats gives you energy for top performance. Proteins should provide approximately 12-15 percent of daily calories. Proteins give your body power to build new tissues and fluids, among other functions. Your body cannot store extra protein, so it burns it for energy or converts it to fat. The amount of protein an athlete needs depends in part upon level of fitness; exercise type, intensity and duration; total calories; and carbohydrate intake. Second to water, protein makes up the largest percentage of material in the body, about 45%.
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. There are 20 common amino acids, 9 of which that are essential (they cannot be made by the body so they must be obtained from food). Protient Whey proteins are excellent sources of all of the essential amino acids. Let our scientists help you develop the optimal formula for you, the athlete.
