Diet and Weight Loss Tips
For Soccer Nutrition

There are several diet and weight loss tips for soccer nutrition. In reality it is fat loss tips for male and female youth soccer players.

We must remember that muscle weighs more than fat and we want to make sure that the weight lost by a child is fat and not muscle.

Here are five essential diet and weight loss tips for soccer nutrition that I feel are needed for fat loss for male and female youth soccer players.


Tip 1: Emotional/Psychological Support

It has been my experience that any young boy or girl that needs to lose weight/fat must have the emotional support from their family. This definitely must be in place before a child will succeed.


Tip 2: Drink Water

Instead of soft drinks consume water. Soft drinks contain a lot of sugar sometimes referred to as "empty calories". Over a period of time these empty calories turn into fat. Drink 1 liter of water for every 50lbs you way. Thus a 75lb boy or girl would drink about 1.5 liters of water a day.


Tip 3: Eat Your First Meal Within 30 Minutes of Waking.

According to Rachel Cosgrove of Female Strength Secretsyou must eat something in the morning within thirty minutes of waking. The body has been in a fasting state all night and your body needs fuel to raise blood sugar levels.

If you do not do this, the body may go into a starvation mode and a catabolic state whereby the body breaks down protein for energy. This protein comes from your muscles.

An extreme example of this is anorexia nervosa. Many anorexics have a higher than normal body fat percentage. The breaking down of protein leads to decrease function of the immune system and other vital systems in the body. This affects BOTH MALES and FEMALES


Tip 4: Avoid White Flour, Table Salt, White Sugar and Pasteurized Dairy.

These foods have no micro-nutrient value to the body! They lack many vitamin and minerals and act as "empty calories"


Tip 5: Eat Whole Natural Foods.

Most processed foods have been stripped of their mineral and nutrient value. Thus you are consuming "empty" calories.

Diet and weight loss tips for soccer nutrition modified with permission courtesy of Youth Soccer Nutrition (c)