THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION IN VARIOUS SPORTS

07.12.2023 International Scientific Journal "Science and Innovation". Series D. Volume 2 Issue 12

Khayitov Javokhir Bakhodirovich

Abstract. The diet of an athlete is the same as the diet of healthy children and adolescents. Providing the body with the necessary amount of energy, plastic (construction) and biologically active substances. Eating is considered as an active factor, that is, maintaining health, preventing diseases, ensuring the natural growth and development process, and expanding the limits of adaptation to constant physical loads. Inadequate supply of nutrients to the body can lead to harm to health, inability to resist harmful factors in the environment, deterioration of mental and physical capacity for work.

Keywords: protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals