Why is eating before you shoot such a bad thing?
Eating before a match
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Eat a Paleolithic diet and you won't have ups and downs in energy level throughout the day.
I don't know about others, but all that bending over with a full stomach does not agree with my digestive system.
Eating
Eating a large meal before a match is bad because your body diverts a large portion of your blood supply toward digestion. Just as your muscles require more blood when performing heavy physical activity, so too your stomach requires blood flow to function properly as well. This is why we often take a nap after a big meal. Many systems want to shut down to expedite the digestion process. Since your brain is robbed of that portion of your blood supply, your ability to focus is diminished.
If your brain is not operating at 100%, neither is your pool game.
Eating a large meal before a match is bad because your body diverts a large portion of your blood supply toward digestion. Just as your muscles require more blood when performing heavy physical activity, so too your stomach requires blood flow to function properly as well. This is why we often take a nap after a big meal. Many systems want to shut down to expedite the digestion process. Since your brain is robbed of that portion of your blood supply, your ability to focus is diminished.
If your brain is not operating at 100%, neither is your pool game.
OK, I'll bite. What the hell is a paleolithic diet?
Eating before a match!
Eating is okay in moderation. Just don't do the breakfast buffet or eat real big meals. Depending on your age and health you may need something in your stomach thru the day. I always go lightly on the food even a day before lots of competition. It catches up with you eventually and your body says let's go eat! Again moderation. You don't need to understand the science of it all. Just do as I say. There are many things in pool you can't control. Food can be controlled. I think many will agree you play better when you are on the hungry empty side of things. Kind of hikes you up. See lots of younger guys doing the energy type caffeine drinks. Not my thing, I just like my coffee in the morning. Stay hungry shoot good. If you don't play great when hungry you are probably not aiming right or you need a new cue or shaft or maybe a glove or headphones or some nice ass weights!
Eating is okay in moderation. Just don't do the breakfast buffet or eat real big meals. Depending on your age and health you may need something in your stomach thru the day. I always go lightly on the food even a day before lots of competition. It catches up with you eventually and your body says let's go eat! Again moderation. You don't need to understand the science of it all. Just do as I say. There are many things in pool you can't control. Food can be controlled. I think many will agree you play better when you are on the hungry empty side of things. Kind of hikes you up. See lots of younger guys doing the energy type caffeine drinks. Not my thing, I just like my coffee in the morning. Stay hungry shoot good. If you don't play great when hungry you are probably not aiming right or you need a new cue or shaft or maybe a glove or headphones or some nice ass weights!
It's a diet that resembles as closely as possible in today's world the diet eaten in the Paleolithic era. This was the hunter gatherer era, and ended 10,000 years ago when agricultural based societies formed.
The reason for this is our bodies have genetically evolved to eat the Paleolithic foods over hundreds of thousands of years. The foods we eat today are in direct opposition to this, and are why we get diabetes, cancer, heart disease, etc. They are even the reason we get tired after lunch.
If you would like to watch a simple 5 min YouTube video explaining this further then click on the link in my signature.
Edit if the link doesn't work do a YouTube search for "paleo in a nutshell part 1"
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What he said.:smile: I agree one hundred percent. If you eat, do it a couple of hours before you play. If you do eat right before playing, an apple or banana will do. Keep it small amounts and very light. The key is don't let yourself get that hungry.
Banana and dried fruit such as again banana, plum, apricot etc. If you prefer along with some (not too many) nuts. The traditional student's gorp trail mix, so to speak, with a banana added between matches. And unless you have the greatest of stomachs, don't ever eat a banana and wash it down with a Coke.
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti