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Abstract

Appropriate dietary habits can improve physical performance and recovery from exercise through well-chosen and individually planned nutritional strategies. This manual aims to summarize these strategies by focusing on the calculation of the energy needs of the athlete, the type, amount and timing of nutritional intake and fluid to maintain and promote optimum health and adaptation to training. Nutritional interventions in specific and critical situations for an athlete such as muscle hypertrophy and weight loss were also addressed. Briefly we also addressed the issue of sports supplementation. To ensure proper application and individualization of the guidelines proposed by this manual, athletes should be evaluated and followed by a health professional namely a nutritionist, preferably with training and experience in sports nutrition.