sports nutrition

I play water-polo. It is a physically demanding sport. Sometimes during games I am exhausted and then there are times in other games when I’m energized. I began to wonder why this happens. Could it possibly be because I live on bread? I have always thought what I ate didn’t really matter. Could it be what you are is what you eat? I decided to do a little research on nutrition and the …

…plan is to adopt a diet with higher percentage of fat and protein. During competition, I plan to keep myself hydrated with water and sports beverages. Prior to competition, in addition to proper nutrition, I will add caffeine to my diet to see if it helps prevent fatigue. I intend to chronicle all of this to see if diet really does matter, or to see if I can eat just anything with the same results.