nutrition for injury prevention
DESCRIPTION
Team Health Consultant Dr Cate Shanahan's Presentation on Nutrition for Injury PreventionTRANSCRIPT
The Missing Link
Three Steps Toward Injury Prevention
INJURY
Stages of Healing
Inflammation
Early Repair
Late Repair
Time
Inte
nsi
ty Inflammation
Repair
Stages of Healing
Time
Inte
nsi
ty
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
Blo
od levels
(Su
gar,
H
orm
on
es)
Ideal blood sugar level
Sugar Spike
Causes the body to overreact with large amounts of insulin
Sugar Crash
Game starts
Half time Buzzer
-20 0 1:1
52:30
Low blood sugar
Blo
od levels
(Su
gar,
H
orm
on
es)
Half time Buzzer
Ideal adrenaline
level
Adrenaline overdrive
Sugar Crash
Sugar SpikeCauses the body to
overreact with large amounts of insulin
1:15
2:30
Game starts
-20 0
Blo
od levels
(Su
gar,
H
orm
on
es)
Game starts
Half time Buzzer
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
-20
Blo
od levels
(Su
gar,
H
orm
on
es)
Adrenaline overdrive
Danger Zone
Shakey
Light-
headed
Perseverat
ion
Game starts
Half time Buzzer
-20 0 1:1
52:30
Blo
od levels
(Su
gar,
H
orm
on
es)
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
-20 0 1:1
52:30
KETOSIS Promotes Metabolic Stability
Blo
od levels
(Su
gar,
H
orm
on
es)
Stable blood sugar
Game starts
Half time Buzzer
-20 0 1:1
52:30
X
Adrenaline at game-related baseline