Mediterranean diet as a natural supplemental resource for athletes and physical activity

Ann Ig. 2019 Nov-Dec;31(6):576-581. doi: 10.7416/ai.2019.2317.

Abstract

The WHO Global Action Plan on physical activity underlines the binomial "diet and physical activity" for the maintenance of well-being state. The adequate nutritional intake is required for sport and can be achieved by a well-adjusted diet without adding artificial food supplements, whose abuse can even represent a risk and appear as an antechamber of doping. Within a national doping prevention project, a peer education tool was realized in the form of a book and e-book, based on the principle of the Mediterranean Diet as an effective nutritional support in sport and physical activity. This health-literacy book contains recipes from all Italian regions revised for their capability to satisfy sport nutritional needs.

Keywords: Doping prevention; Food education; Health literacy; Mediterranean diet; Sport.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Athletes*
  • Books
  • Cookbooks as Topic
  • Diet
  • Diet, Mediterranean*
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Doping in Sports / prevention & control
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Health Education / methods*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Peer Group