Sports Nutritionist

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The study and application of diet and nutrition with a view to enhancing one's athletic performance is known as sports nutrition. In many sports training regimens, particularly strength sports (like weightlifting and bodybuilding) and endurance sports, nutrition plays a significant role (e.g. cycling, running, swimming, rowing). 

Sports nutrition focuses its research on the kind and amount of food and water consumed by athletes. It also covers the ingestion of organic substances like carbs, proteins, and lipids as well as nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and supplements.

Athletes are given nutritional guidance by a sports nutritionist in order to achieve peak performance. They have to comprehend the impact that eating has on the body. Sports nutritionists research the kinds and amounts of nutrients and fluids that athletes should ingest. They also research the specific chemical compounds that are crucial for players to succeed in a given sport. Athletes' diet plans must be developed by sports nutritionists. They are skilled at balancing the athlete's intake of things like protein, Carbohydrates, Calories etc.

Different conditions and goals point to the necessity for athletes to confirm that their approach to sports nutrition is suitable for their circumstances. 

The type of activity (aerobic vs. anaerobic), gender, weight, height, BMI, stage of the workout or activity (pre-workout, intro-workout, recovery), and time of day are all variables that may impact an athlete's nutritional requirements (e.g. some nutrients are utilised by the body more effectively during sleep than while awake).

Sports Nutritionist is growing as a profession in 2022 as sports and sports players are getting the recognition they deserve and also because of the increasing competition in sports.

Many sports nutritionists have also achieved celebrity status and have been featured on shows as well a few are Vyomesh Koul and Gary Lu who appeared on Splitsvilla. A couple of others may include Abhishek Dutta and Param Chauhan.