Great participation in the session about sports nutrition

About 120 people attended the session 'Food, sports and ergogenic aids for athletes', with the aim of clarifying and transmitting the key role of food and nutrition in sports from an interdisciplinary point of view, specially in resistence sports. Dr. Jordi Sitjà started the session by talking about the role of nutrition throughout history and from a more medical part, arguing the fundamental role of nutritionist in the structuring of diets. He also added, on the ergogenic aids that are on the market, that some have no effect on performance. The coach and specialist of Tribiketrainer Josep Codinach talked about the importance of weight in performance, and the importance to control the relationship of weight to power generated. According to him, the role of nutritionist is to regulate this weight. He also talked about how to guide different types of resistance competition depending on the products that are on the market. The nutritionist Elena Piñeiro clarified different aspects of human nutrition: the obsession with ideal weight, and what have to be eaten before, during and after a competition.