Olympic nutrition expert offers to boost Filipino athletes’ performance
January 26, 2015 | 5:03pm
MANILA, Philippines - Alternative nutritional programs may boost the performance of athletes.
A sports nutrition expert recently arrived in the country and offered to assist in creating winning nutritional programs for Filipino athletes.
Dr. Marco De Angelis, a member of the Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB) of Herbalife, came to Philippines to give a talk during the second leg of the Asia Pacific Wellness Tour.
According to De Angelis, the specific needs of each athlete and the team's needs should be considered in their nutrition program.
“Filipinos are very passionate about basketball. I believe Herbalife will be able to help Filipino athletes in their nutritional needs. Herbalife has the right products to boost an athletes performance,” he said.
The well-renowned sports medicine doctor worked with United State’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for over a year to help astronauts prevent muscle damage and loss of blood density from long lasting travels to Mars.
For Filipino athletes, he advised to perfect both training and nutrition. He said Herbalife could immensely improve athlete performance with the programs he can create for them.
“A basketball player, for instance, they need a lot of protein because they do a lot of action during their training. You don’t only have to think of competition, you also have to think of training,” he explained.
De Angelis created programs for the Olympic teams of China, Italy, Russia and Vietnam. For 20 years, he has been working with a team of doctors and exercise physiologists for specialized sports medicine programs of the Italian Olympic Team.
He specifically-designed the program for the Chinese track and field athletes competing at the Olympics for two years now. Through Herbalife’s support, he has been working on over 800 athletes’ programs with the Vietnamese Olympic committee.
“In Vietnam, Herbalife is the main sponsor of the entire Olympic committee. We were able to start the collaboration, which is really wonderful compared to other parts of the world,” De Angelis revealed.
The Asia Pacific Wellness Tour is a series of public health seminars presented by the Herbalife NAB members. At the health seminars, the NAB members have addressed key health and nutrition topics including current health trends, the importance of understanding the human body, and how to ensure good inner and outer nutrition. The seminars are open to the general public, as well as to Independent Herbalife Members.
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