And don't baste with the marinade during the last 10 minutes of cooking. Making sure pork is well done to avoid trichinosis is an outdated practice, and well-done pork is tough and dry. When you are barbecuing, place the cooked meat on a clean platter. Balancing the Beef Active people who eat a lot of meat are likely to consume too few carbohydrates and may have unnecessary fatigue as a result. At dinner, some people eat up to twice the recommended protein serving, but only half the starch.
Some athletes avoid meats before competing, fearing digestion problems.
A few slices of turkey on a roll or lean beef in sauce with spaghetti can be an easily digested and satisfying pre-event meal. You'll be dining in good health as long as you eat small portions of the leanest cuts and fill up on carbohydrates. The above information is not intended as a substitute for appropriate medical treatment. Ms Clark is director of Nutrition Services at SportsMedicine Brookline in the Boston area. The McGraw-Hill Companies.