Scientific Society for Vegetarian Nutrition, 30171 Venice, Italy.
Sport Nutrition Department, Multispecialistic Medical Center, CDC-Affidea, 10128 Turin, Italy.
Nutrients. 2023 Apr 3;15(7):1746. doi: 10.3390/nu15071746.
Nutrition strategies improve physiological and biochemical adaptation to training, facilitate more intense workouts, promote faster recoveries after a workout in anticipation of the next, and help to prepare for a race and maintain the body's hydration status. Although vegetarianism (i.e., lacto-ovo and veganism) has become increasingly popular in recent years, the number of vegetarian athletes is not known, and no specific recommendations have been made for vegetarian dietary planning in sports. Well-planned diets are mandatory to obtain the best performance, and the available literature reports that those excluding all types of flesh foods (meat, poultry, game, and seafood) neither find advantages nor suffer from disadvantages, compared to omnivorous diets, for strength, anaerobic, or aerobic exercise performance; additionally, some benefits can be derived for general health.
We conceived the VegPlate for Sports, a vegetarian food guide (VFG) based on the already-validated VegPlate facilitating method, designed according to the Italian dietary reference intakes (DRIs).
The VegPlate for Sports is suitable for men and women who are active in sports and adhere to a vegetarian (i.e., lacto-ovo and vegan) diet, and provides weight-based, adequate dietary planning.
The VegPlate for Sports represents a practical tool for nutrition professionals and gives the possibility to plan diets based on energy, carbohydrate (CHO), and protein (PRO) necessities, from 50 to 90 Kg body weight (BW).
营养策略可改善生理和生化适应训练，促进更剧烈的运动，促进运动后的更快恢复，为下一次训练做好准备，并有助于备赛和维持身体的水合状态。尽管素食主义（即乳蛋素食和纯素）近年来越来越流行，但素食运动员的数量尚不清楚，也没有针对运动的素食饮食计划提出具体建议。精心计划的饮食是获得最佳表现的必要条件，现有文献报告称，与杂食饮食相比，那些排除所有类型肉类食物（肉、禽、野味和海鲜）的人在力量、无氧或有氧运动表现方面既没有优势也没有劣势；此外，对于一般健康还有一些益处。
我们构思了 VegPlate for Sports，这是一种基于已经验证的 VegPlate 促进方法的素食食物指南（VFG），根据意大利膳食参考摄入量（DRIs）设计。
VegPlate for Sports 适合活跃于运动并遵循素食（即乳蛋素食和纯素）饮食的男性和女性，并提供基于体重的充足饮食计划。
VegPlate for Sports 是营养专业人员的实用工具，可根据能量、碳水化合物（CHO）和蛋白质（PRO）的需求，为 50 至 90 公斤体重（BW）的人群规划饮食。
