Gluten free was hardly heard of a few years back, but these days, it seems that is is becoming a trend even among celebs. There are even sports personal who use a gluten free diet to get the extra benefits both in health and performance. With all these hype, does this means that eating gluten based food hamper's one performance or it is just a simple awareness of food or Gluten Intolerance?
With Celiac Disease (an extreme side of Gluten Intolerance)the small intestines lack the ability to absorb nutrient, meanwhile making the gut permeable, thus allowing food into the bloodstream and triggering an inflammatory response.
For athletes, they have the same concerns when it comes to gluten sensitivity. During exercise, the gut is known to become permeable, especially when doing intense exercise. If that person is a Gluten Intolerance case, then the symptoms gets worse.
Nevertheless, athletes with Gluten Intolerance will not be missing out on the carbs needed for training or person without Gluten Intolerance will still be able to get all the nutrients the body needed if they (normal athletes) decided to go gluten free. You can still enjoy your favorites vegetables as well as fruits of your liking.
Heavy foods such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and squash are not only gluten free but also pack with the much needed nutrients for the body. Dinner with a combination of spaghetti using rice noodles or salmon with roasted pumpkin or mashed sweet potatoes is good to be taken before entering a race the next day.
When going the extra miles in training and or preparing for a race, you need a more calorie dense intake of food for immediate energy. The options includes carbohydrate concentrated sports drinks and bars (a gluten free food bars). Fortunately, there are drinks and food bars that are available commercially and in fact are gluten free too. ALWAYS CHECK THE LABEL, though just to be extra careful.
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