Food

Question 1

Free sugars

Answer 1

Any sugars found in food or drinks, or found naturally in honey, syrups or fruits

Question 2

What will you need for short high intensity exercises

Answer 2

Carbohydrates

Question 3

For longer exercises what type of food would you need

Answer 3

A mix of fats and carbohydrates

Question 4

Complex carbohydrates

Answer 4

Carbohydrates that take longer to break down. Used for long exercises. E.g brown rice, brown bread

Question 5

Simple carbohydrates

Answer 5

Carbohydrates that don’t take as long to break down and are used for short high intensity exercises

Question 6

When should you have a pre match meal

Answer 6

You should have a light meal, high in carbohydrates, at least two hours
before training or competing.

Question 7

Why shouldn’t you eat large portions before a match

Answer 7

If you have large amounts of food to digest directly before a competition it
will divert blood away from the muscles you need for performance.