What are some good snacks to pack for an athlete at an all day swim meet?

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Lisa Spencer, EdD, FNTP · Answer

Hey there what are some good snacks to pack for an athlete and then all day swim, meet a little bit of everything, the athletes are going to be hungry and we want to entice them to eat throughout the day by having a variety of food. So, start with the main item start with the biggest item that they might eat during their longest break between Events. Maybe that's a sandwich, maybe that is a chicken salad with crackers, or maybe Even a burrito that they would eat half of during that longest break that they have between events, then we want to move to the smaller snack items. I would love for athletes to pack a homemade quick bread or muffin made of nutrient dense, ingredients have complex, carbohydrate a little protein in there. We can also go, the route of apples and cheese or like a melon and ham or grapes and cold cuts. So we're getting a combination of both carbohydrates and are proteins in that I love it. When athletes bring some kind of shake some kind of smoothie with protein in it that protein can be yogurt based or it could be protein powder based but something that's again easily digestible that they can snack on sip on throughout the day if they have 45 minutes, that's a great time, 45 minutes to an hour, great time to have that smoothie or maybe It's granola and some yogurt that you can pack in the cooler. We also want to make sure you have some of those smaller more refined piece pieces of food pieces of fruit, like a graham crackers or some more fruit grapes. Come to mind to give that quick energy, burst, keep them going, don't forget the hydration, very, very important. So we want to keep them hydrated as they are hanging out throughout the day during That swim meet and making sure their hydrating well after their races. So good luck to you.

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