Thursday, April 30, 2009

American Football Player (BF)

An American football player goes through hard and intensifying practices. To be a football player you are going to have to be healthy and fit to do well. But in order to do well you ‘re going to need energy. Where do get your energy? Calories. An average teen needs about 2,200-2,500 calories per day. A football player on the other hand demands way more calories than that. A football player needs about 3,367 -4,601 calories per day. According to Weight loss Center 1,317-1,641 calories will be burned in a two-hour football practice.
What kind of foods should a football player eat? Well, a football player has to watch what he/she eats because you need to have good energy inside your body. Calories and Carbohydrates are important in fueling your body. What things have a lot of Calories and Carbohydrates? Breads and starches have a really good source of Carbohydrates and a football player should eat a lot of starches. Calories are in almost every type of food you eat, but you want good Calories. Fruits and vegetables have good Calories in them but a football player can’t always be eating fruits and vegetables. Football players can eat sandwiches and things like that. Also every now and then a football player can eat some fast food to get some fats in their body.
Football players also need a lot of protein and like I said before they need only some fats. Football players need the protein to develop muscles to perform better. Teen football players shouldn’t drink protein drinks but to get protein from foods. Foods with a lot of protein are poultry, meats. Football player also should consume some fats. Depending on the position.
Football players need many Calories to get through their intense practices. What ever you put in your body is how well your body will perform. Good Calories are required in a football players diet but not too much because any unburned calories turn to fat. So in conclusion a football players need about 3,367-4,601 calories per day.

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