Table 2 Suggestions regarding protein during sports nutrition counseling
From: Protein and Overtraining: Potential Applications for Free-Living Athletes
1. Consider that the necessary control variables in research settings may make application to your client inappropriate. |
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2. Recognize that both timing and total intake matter. |
3. Use caution not to fall prey to "protein counter-culture", despite the occasional overzealous athlete. Evidence-based practice requires objectivity. |
4. Consider that eccentric muscle trauma and underlying injury(-ies) increase energy demands and could make an apparently adequate kcal intake actually deficient. |
5. Remain aware of under-reporting on diet records and lack of dietary compensation to new energy expenditures. |
6. Remain cognizant that injuries and eating disorders may be concealed by an athlete. |
7. Appreciate that the unique psychological motivators of athletes require a unique counseling perspective. |