Working with two Premiership clubs, he reviews both current nutritional thinking within football and the wider issue of the degree to which this supposedly professional sport takes science seriously.
Let’s look at his specialist area first. An athlete’s diet must be high in carbohydrate, moderate in protein, low in fat, include sufficient vitamins and minerals, and plenty of fluid. This simple model, quoted by Broad, is one to which few would take exception. ‘However, as our understanding of the game in this country has improved, nutritionists have been able to tease out strategies from each of the model’s sub-sections that more closely match the requirements of our sport,’ he says.
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