I would like some advice on what I can eat before a dive to get some extra energy. I’ve been going to the gym for a number of years and have a fairly muscular body with little fat. On some occasions, if I don’t have the opportunity to eat properly, I feel a drop in energy and exhaustion at the end of the dive, sometimes even a feeling of nausea, but it all goes away if I drink something sweet. I have done blood and urine tests; all values are average except for the triglycerides, which are a bit low. P.S. I don’t eat chocolate.
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- Breakfast, characterized by adequate energy intake and high nutritional quality. Take care not to overload your digestive system (avoid cow’s milk and packaged sweets). A good example is a crunchy muesli mix (oat and barley flakes, berries, 15g mixed seeds) and vegetable milk.
- A second breakfast and afternoon snack for recovery after immersion: sourdough, wholemeal, or 5-grain bread plus tahini with malt/honey or avocado cream or oil and tomato. For rehydration: a mix of fruit and vegetables with ginger;
- For lunch: cereals such as pasta, rice, spelt, couscous, quinoa, etc., in appropriate quantities and seasoned with vegetable sauces, followed or preceded by vegetable juices with chia seeds.
- For dinner: choose a protein-based meal with side dishes. To rebuild muscle glycogen: an adequate amount of cereals, i.e., meat, fish, legumes, eggs, accompanied by bread, rice, couscous, salads, and vegetables.
- Hydration: it is important, so drink water between the dives.
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