How to Eat Right for Youth Soccer

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Guillermo Gomez, I coach youth soccer. And today I'll talk to you about how to eat right for your soccer player. You know to start with I'd like to just a pyramid designed by the U.S. department of Agriculture. You know which emphasizes grains, meats, dairy products. You know young players do not need to cut their fat, because they are constantly active, so I would get everything that just made, you know normally. Try to stay away from the fat free products. You know kids need carbohydrates, calcium, iron, so to ensure that they have a nice balanced diet. This is also important because they develop good habits as the player gets older. Then you want to make sure that after they have a lot of activity that you nourish them with the right foods. You can give them a banana that has potassium. You can give them oranges, nuts, you know you can give them pastas, a lot of carbohydrates and then your meats. So you can give them lots of protein. Then it's super important you give them a lot of water. Hydrate them all the time. Make sure that they have lots of liquids in their bodies And this is how you can eat healthy for your soccer player."