There are many dietary notions among athletes and athletes have turned in championship performances after training on a diet which in the light of accepted dietary standards would be considered inadequate in many respects. Many champions are vegetarians, others eat large quantities of meat, some of it raw.
Most athletes reduce the intake of fat in their training diets but others make no changes whatsoever and eat what they please or what is served to them with no regard to the possible effect of nutrition upon performance. These experiences are in line with recent experimental evidence that the ratio of fat, carbohydrate and protein in the diet may be altered considerably before changes in work performance appear.
Within wide limits there appear to be certain dietary principles which are associated with improved performance in work and sport. Positive evidence for these principles is accumulating, but a wellcontrolled experiment has yet to be performed.
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