Table 4 Percentage food group intake of competitive bodybuilders during contest preparation
From: Nutritional strategies of high level natural bodybuilders during competition preparation
Cereals and cereal based products | Nuts, oilseeds and legumes | Meat and meat products | Animal and veg fats and oils | |||||||||||||||
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Diet Phase | Cereals | Bread | Dairy | Veg | Tubers | Nuts and Seeds | Legumes | White | Red | Processed | Fruit | Eggs | Marine | Veg | Animal | Sugar | Other | |
Male | Start | 17.7 | 0.4 | 15.2 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Middle | 17.6 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
End | 15.3 | 0.5 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Female | Start | 22.0 | 2.5 | 13.6 | 16.1 | 10.2 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Middle | 18.9 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
End | 19.8 | 1.9 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |