Caloric Requirements

The caloric requirements for a football player are more than someone who doesn't play any sports. The reason for that is because an athlete burn many more calories a day than someone who sits around and doesn't do anything. Football players need to eat more of the macronutrients to have their bodies being able to preform at the top of their abilities. The main part of a football player's caloric intake would be from carbohydrates so they can get the energy they need. Another big part of the caloric intake would be from protein. Protein is important is the player wants to get stronger and bigger. It is important that an athlete doesn't eat to many calories that are bad and that will not help the athlete any and will slow him down and create fat.