Dietary assessment of 101 para‐athletes from team and individual sports

Abstract

Diet plays a key role in improving sports performance in athletes with disabilities (Broad, 2014). It is important to consider the disability, its impact on functional ability, medication use, and the sport modality when determining nutritional solutions to ensure improved performance and health for the para-athletes involved (Islamoglu & Kenger, 2019). Adherence to dietary guidelines, even those aimed at the general population, can serve as a key component in preventing many health problems in athletes with disabilities, who are vulnerable to stress and fatigue (Rastmanesh et al., 2007). The steps towards developing individualised, periodised nutrition approaches for athletes with an impairment are no different to doing so for the able-bodied population (Broad, 2014).Dietary guidelines specifically developed to optimise the performance of athletes without

Products for Sportspeople Containing Constituents Derived from the Common Bean Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae)—A Narrative Literature Review

“…The majority of authors focused on the investigation of the consumption frequency of meals containing kidney beans based on the diagnostic survey method with the use of a questionnaire in female and male sportspeople practicing varied sport disciplines (Table 7). The substantial consumption of meals comprising kidney beans was reported by sportspeople from Brazil [122][123][124]; however, their acceptance by para-athletes was rather low [125]. The substantial consumption of kidney beans was recorded in sportspeople from Ireland [126], as well as Kenya [127][128][129] and the Republic of Congo [130].…”