Class Blog 4.29.13 Shiffrin

The key determining factor I use when deciding what to eat is the nutritional value and quality of the food I am eating. This is primarily due to the fact that I am an athlete who exerts significant amounts of energy everyday and in order to maintain my level of health and energy I must eat high quality foods that contribute towards my physical functioning. An accurate comparison would be Gas. You would never fill the tank of a Maserati or Ferrari with anything less than 91 high-octane fuel, exact same concept. IN addition to the quality of the food I consume I constantly inspect the caloric intake of the food I am eating. This is because I am trying to gain as much weight as possible and to do so I must increase the number of calories I consume everyday. A person can only eat so much food in one day and therefore I must capitalize on the highest calorie foods. This means that I commonly drink high calorie beverages such as protein shakes or gatorade. There are certainly other factors that I consider when choosing my meal such as taste, cost, convenience, and what I feel like eating at that time. Still, my primary focus when eating food is how the food I am consuming will benefit my body in a way that will optimize by performance.