Every Olympic Games, what the Olympic Village eats is a common curiosity. Previously, the menu of athletes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was officially released. This special "Winter Olympics Menu" is not only rich in variety, reasonable in collocation, nutritious and healthy, but also shows China's food culture.
On the menu of "crying" netizens, we can easily see that the proportion of "carbohydrates" is over half, which shows its importance.
Causes of athletes' intake of large proportion of carbohydrates
Because "carbohydrate" is the most effective and fastest energy source, it can quickly supplement the energy consumption of athletes. Adequate "carbohydrate" can not only ensure that athletes have good glycogen reserves, but also reduce athletes' fatigue, which is very important for athletes to play their competitive level, especially in some endurance sports.
The characteristics of long training time, high activity intensity, low competition temperature and high altitude determine that the energy intake of athletes is not only higher than that of ordinary people, but also higher than that of summer sports.