Grazie a una maggiore attenzione da parte dell’individuo verso il proprio benessere, il legame tra alimentazione, salute e forma fisica sta diventando un valore sia individuale che sociale.
Sport has also contributed significantly to this, which, through bodily expression, promotes a different relationship with the body.
Constant physical exercise improves the efficiency of the body and has a positive effect on mental activity by concentrating and coordinating body functions according to expressive techniques that involve the body and mind of an individual.
A diet rich in foods that guarantee an intake of unsaturated fatty acids can certainly benefit the athlete's health and therefore also sports performance, while an erroneously planned diet, which pays too much attention to protein intake, or a diet that provides for an insufficient intake caloric, involves an inadequate restoration of muscle glycogen stores and therefore a decline in performance.
