Post 1; Why is it important for a teenager to eat healthy foods?

As an athletic teenager, the main drive in eating the right foods is to get good Energy to support you through your athletic day! Being that you are most likely in high school, you need to eat the right foods so that you can focus in school, and than be energized for sports later in the day! Keeping healthy is one of the key points in being a good athlete, because if you start to slack off and eat junk foods, you might get out of shape, and not be able to handle the training as an athlete. As your care for a good diet decreases, so does your performance level.

As an athletic teenager you definitely burn up more calories than an inactive teen, therefor you must replenish your body with a higher amount of healthy goods throughout your everyday life. You need more protein for muscle gain, more carbohydrates for energy, and more vitamins to keep your whole system running healthy and smoothly.

 by: Jenna Forti

 http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/health/the-athletic-performance-diet-000374.php

http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00263/08_Food_Pyramids.html