Specifications of sportsmen's menu

The subject of the work is nutrition of athletes, people who practice sport activity with the motive of perceiving specificity of this nutrition. Physical activity, during the process of training and competition, is cause of bigger loss in energy and nutritional substances in organism of athletes. Specificity of the nutrition of athletes is consist of covering increased needs in protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. Energy cover has to be equal with energy loss. Nutrition duty is to improve psychophysical ability in athletes, efficiency, faster recover after physical activity and to keep optimum body weight. There are many factors that have to be consider in planning diet for an athlete, such as: age, sex health condition, body weight, climatic conditions, characteristics of sport activity, category, phase of training process, intensity, frequency and duration of training.