nutrition for injury prevention

The Missing Link

Three Steps Toward Injury Prevention

INJURY

Stages of Healing

Inflammation

Early Repair

Late Repair

Time

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Repair

Stages of Healing

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Prolonged Inflammation

Delayed Repair

Excess Inflammation Delays Repair

•More extensive damage

•Promotes re-injury

•Canola

•Corn

•Cottonseed

•Sunflower

•Safflower

•Soy

These “Vegetable” Oils Promote Inflammation

Avoid Vegetable Oils

Chose Real Foods Over Supplements

Weakened Tissues are Prone to Tears

Complete Protein

Intact amino acids

Collagens

PLUS

“Most injuries come when you’re fatigued.”

Dwight Howard

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Ideal blood sugar level

Sugar Spike

Causes the body to overreact with large amounts of insulin

Sugar Crash

Game starts

Half time Buzzer

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52:30

Low blood sugar

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Half time Buzzer

Ideal adrenaline

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Adrenaline overdrive

Sugar Crash

Sugar SpikeCauses the body to

overreact with large amounts of insulin

1:15

2:30

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Adrenaline overdrive

Sugar Crash

Sugar Spike

Causes the body to overreact with large amounts of insulin

Danger Zone

0 1:15

2:30

Game starts

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Adrenaline overdrive

Danger Zone

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Perseverat

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Sugar Spike

Causes the body to overreact with large amounts of insulin

Sugar Crash

Danger Zone

Danger Zone

Fatigue

Focus loss

Irritability

Game starts

Half time Buzzer

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52:30

KETOSIS Promotes Metabolic Stability

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Stable blood sugar

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Adrenaline at game-related baseline