PMID- 37049586
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230414
LR  - 20230415
IS  - 2072-6643 (Electronic)
IS  - 2072-6643 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 7
DP  - 2023 Apr 3
TI  - The VegPlate for Sports: A Plant-Based Food Guide for Athletes.
LID - 10.3390/nu15071746 [doi]
LID - 1746
AB  - BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: 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). RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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).
FAU - Baroni, Luciana
AU  - Baroni L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5263-6084
AD  - Scientific Society for Vegetarian Nutrition, 30171 Venice, Italy.
FAU - Pelosi, Ettore
AU  - Pelosi E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5885-4047
AD  - Sport Nutrition Department, Multispecialistic Medical Center, CDC-Affidea, 10128 
      Turin, Italy.
AD  - PET/CT Nuclear Medicine Department, Irmet Affidea Center, 10135 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Giampieri, Francesca
AU  - Giampieri F
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8151-9132
AD  - Research Group on Food, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea 
      del Atlantico, 39011 Santander, Spain.
FAU - Battino, Maurizio
AU  - Battino M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7250-1782
AD  - International Research Center for Food Nutrition and Safety, Jiangsu University, 
      Zhenjiang 212013, China.
AD  - Department of Clinical Specialistic and Odontostomatological Sciences, University 
      Politecnica delle Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230403
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Nutrients
JT  - Nutrients
JID - 101521595
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - Female
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Diet, Vegetarian
MH  - *Sports/physiology
MH  - Diet, Vegan
MH  - Athletes
PMC - PMC10097385
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - VegPlate
OT  - athlete
OT  - lacto-ovo-vegetarian
OT  - plant-based
OT  - sport
OT  - vegan
OT  - vegetarian
COIS- L.B. is the author of books describing the VegPlate method; M.B. is the Director 
      of the International Master in Vegetarian Nutrition and Dietetics, hosted by 
      Funiber; E.P. and F.G. declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2023/04/14 06:00
MHDA- 2023/04/14 06:42
PMCR- 2023/04/03
CRDT- 2023/04/13 01:25
PHST- 2023/03/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/03/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/03/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/04/14 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/04/13 01:25 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/04/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/04/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nu15071746 [pii]
AID - nutrients-15-01746 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/nu15071746 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nutrients. 2023 Apr 3;15(7):1746. doi: 10.3390/nu15071746.