Why do Swimmers Crave Food?
Why do Swimmers Crave Food?
By Jill Castle, MS, RDN
Just watch a swimmer cruise through a meal and load his plate with potatoes, pasta, rice, bread, rolls, corn, and desserts. It’s easy to see a hearty appetite. And it’s easy to see a love of food, especially carbs.
Why do swimmers crave food, particularly carbs?
Craving carbohydrate-based foods, both sugary desserts and starches, is a complex matter that may involve the neurotransmitters of the brain, nutrient use during exercise, food preferences, food availability, stress, emotions, sleep and more.
In other words, the explanation is not simple. Let’s look at a few theories...
Craving carbohydrate-based foods, both sugary desserts and starches, is a complex matter that may involve the neurotransmitters of the brain, nutrient use during exercise, food preferences, food availability, stress, emotions, sleep and more.
In other words, the explanation is not simple. Let’s look at a few theories...
