Elite Athlete Breakfast
Scepter Healthy Breakfast Meal
Huevos Rancheros (Mexican Eggs) cooked in homemade picante sauce and topped with raw cheddar cheese plus turkey or lamb bacon and served on a bed of tomatoes and avocados. The breakfast is about a 60 percent fat meal and is gluten free. There is no room for high carb nutrition here; instead this is an adequate carb meal with carbs coming from the tomatoes and the vegetables in the picante sauce under the eggs.
Today we will begin our picture tours of what one day of high performance and high fat athlete nutrition meals and snacks for
- all American eaters,
- for vegans,
- vegetarians,
- and raw food eaters.
Each Scepter day has 3 main meals plus 3 to 4 snacks. Recipes for the meals are provided in the recipe section of WHAT ELITE ATHLETES EAT. Our first photo tour will be one All American Day of WHAT ELITE ATHLETES EAT.
Before and After Workout Snacks or Morning Snack
The before workout snack is eaten 20 minutes before working out. The after workout snack is eaten within 20 minutes of completing the workout. The timing of the snacks enhances muscle building by maximizing growth hormone (GH) production. Smaller athletes may choose to split the snack in half and eat half before exercise and ½ after working out. Larger athletes will eat the whole apple and all the nuts before and after the workout. If a person is not working out and instead is working at a desk the mid-morning snack is the same but it can be eaten all a one time.
Growth hormone increases muscle and if a person is young and still growing growth hormone also makes the athlete grow tall. Growth hormone makes a person grow strong and tall. Excess insulin on the other hand makes a person grow wide and gain weight. Insulin is a growth hormone but the emphasis of insulin is food storage. Eating foods that promote growth hormone rather than excess insulin is preferred for athletes. By controlling the size and the sugar impact index of the snack athletes produce more growth hormone and limit insulin production.
US Ski Team Member Passing Gate
Sports Photography by Marcus Caston
One All American Day of WHAT ELITE ATHLETES EAT
Scepter Lunch Meal
Main dish salad with wild caught smoked salmon (see Recipes), olives, avocado, chives, spinach, carrot, yellow bell pepper, and organic cold pressed olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing. Raw foods are energy power houses. The wild caught salmon is a good source of omega-3 fat.
The salad is served with a white gazpacho or raw vegetable soup made in a whole food blender. The raw soup is made with yellow tomatoes and yellow bell peppers, and white pepper with added organic cold pressed olive oil. (see Recipes).
The Powder Skiing Photo below is by Marcus Caston. There is another winning powder shot of Marcus at the end of this blog.
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One All American Day of WHAT ELITE ATLETES EAT
Athlete Mid Afternoon Snack
Cantaloupe Fruit Smoothie for 1 person
Blend ¼ cantaloupe, a palm full of raw organic sprouted nuts like macadamia nuts and 1 cup of ice. While the blender is running add 1 tablespoon of organic cold pressed macadamia nut oil or olive oil. If you choose you may also add a liquid source of wild caught fish oil or cod liver oil from a clean source. The wild caught cod liver oil or fish oil will not change the taste of the smoothie and is an omega-3 supplement.
Makes about 12 ounces. If you work out in the afternoon, drink ½ of the smoothie 20 minutes before the workout and half within 20 minutes of completing the workout. (Keep chilled.) (See Recipes)
Scepter Sports Nutrition Dinner WHAT ELITE ATHLETES EAT
BBQ Grass Fed Lamb shanks (see Recipes), BBQ red bell pepper, cauliflower and winter squash. The vegetables are sautéed in cold pressed organic olive oil. The dinner is served with a garden salad with watermelon radishes, carrots, yellow bell pepper and celery. The Salad dressing is balsamic vinegar and cold pressed organic olive oil.
Scepter Bedtime Snack
Stuffed apricots filled with cream cheese and a touch of maple syrup and topped with strawberries. Blackberries for garnish. Serve with organic sprouted nuts to complete the protein portion of the snack. (See Recipes) The bedtime snack is central to Scepter nutrition because it sets the body up to produce growth hormone (GH) during the night which allows athletes to build and repair muscle while they sleep. Yes you can build and repair muscle while you sleep. This is why the athlete bedtime snack is consisidered a central and required part of athlete nutrition. If the bedtime snack is skipped muscle is broken down during sleep instead of being made.
FAQ
Frequently Ask Scepter Question
What effect does eating a Scepter sports nutrition have on cholesterol levels?
Recall Scepter nutrition is
60 percent select fats
17 percent clean protein and
23 percent low sugar impact carbs also known as favorable low glycemic carbs
Scepter Says Answer:
Total cholesterol levels are lowered.
HDL Cholesterol (good cholesterol) tends to rise.
Select fats do not raise total cholesterol levels and instead lower total cholesterol levels.
Triglyceride levels are also lowered with the Scepter nutrition plan.
The reasons for total cholesterol levels and triglyceride levels becoming lower while eating WHAT ELITE ATHLETES EAT are explained in the chapter on Cholesterol and the chapter on Diabetes.
Join us tomorrow for:
One Vegetarian Day of WHAT ELITE ATHLETES EAT
and the following day for
What Elite Athletes Eat 