Evaluating Ketogenic Diet for Footballers: Nutrition for Performance

This presentation examines the ketogenic diet, a low-carbohydrate, high-fat eating plan, and its application to football players. It begins by defining the ketogenic diet, detailing the types of foods included, and discussing its popularity for weight loss. The presentation then explores the principles of bodybuilding, emphasizing the role of resistance exercises and diet in muscle growth. It highlights the importance of a high-calorie diet, with specific recommendations for protein, carbohydrate, and fat intake. The core of the presentation analyzes whether the ketogenic diet is suitable for bodybuilding, considering the potential benefits of increased protein intake versus the potential negative impacts of carbohydrate restriction on energy storage and exercise performance. The presentation includes references to relevant research on ketogenic diets, bodybuilding, and sports nutrition, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic.

KETOGENIC DIET FOR
FOOTBALLERS
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KETOGENIC DIET
Ketogenic diet is popular amongst people who want to lose weight.
It consists of low carbohydrate and high amount of fat, which is
known to be beneficial for the metabolism (Paoli 2014).
The amount of carbohydrate in the diet is replaced with Fat
(Newman et al. 2017).

WHAT FOODS ARE
INCLUDED IN KETOGENIC
DIET?
Fatty Fish
Meat
Cheese
Healthy oils
Butter and Cream
Green Vegetables
(Paoli, Bianco and Grimaldi 2015)

BODY BUILDING
The concept of body building is to use resistance
exercises and a planned diet to increase the muscle
growth in the body (Dzhym 2015).
People have different purposes to build their muscle,
which includes aesthetic purpose, athletic requirement,
or fitness.
A number of strategies are implemented to build
muscles that includes calorie counting and hydration
techniques (Fagerberg 2018).

DIETARY RECOMMENDATION
FOR BODY BUILDING
The most important requirement for body building is a high
calorie diet. The number of calories are decided according
to the body weight and the intake of the individual (Agee et
al. 2015).
The general recommendation for calorie consumption is:
Protein: 30-35%
Carbohydrate: 55-60%
Fat: 15-20%
(Helms et al. 2014)

IS KETOGENIC DIET SUITABLE
FOR BODYBUILDING?Ketogenic diet is based on the restriction of carbohydrates and the inclusion of
high amounts of protein and fat.
As bodybuilding requires an optimum amount of protein for building muscles,
ketogenic could be a diet that will fulfil this requirement. However, the restriction
of carbohydrate could make a negative impact on the energy storage for
resistance exercises (Greene et al. 2018).
Body builders need carbohydrate after workout sessions to refuel themselves
(Saito et al. 2015).

COMPARISON
(Bueno et al. 2013)

REFERENCES
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Fagerberg, P., 2018. Negative consequences of low energy availability in natural male
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