"Boosting Your Game with Nutrition"
This month, Kelly Hogan, MS, RD, offers tips on long-term nutrition habits that will enhance your tennis game. “Tennis players should focus on consuming adequate sources of complex carbohydrates both before and after play in order to provide the body with adequate energy and restock glycogen stores used during activity,” advises Ms. Hogan. Complex carbohydrates are commonly found in whole plant foods. Some good examples include sweet potatoes, whole grain bread, green vegetables, and beans. Easily digestible carbs, such as bananas, dried fruits, toast, or oatmeal are a reliable source of energy and great pre-match or practice choices.”
- Kelly Hogan, MS, RD, CDN, Clinical Nutrition Coordinator at the Dubin Breast Center in the Tisch Cancer Institute at The Mount Sinai Hospital