What should an athlete eat before a game and how soon before?
You are definitley right. The point of eating before a game is to get energy. The carbs and nutrients in the food get turned into energy and give you the extra boost on the field. The term used for this is carboloading. What many athletes do is the night before a game the eat a lot of pasta/grains. Sandwiches, spagetti, ravioli are all things I eat the night before a big game. And then the day of the game you eat very lightly. Like you said you want to eat some healthy cereal and a lot of fruit(preferably apples and oranges, they have caffiene and lots of good sugars in them that definitly give you a lot of energy). I dont know if it matters but I play Division 1 College lacrosse and i am working on my degree in general nutrition.
