What high calorie/low fat foods do you recommend to help build/maintain muscle?
My 13 year old swims 5-6 times per week and is having a hard time getting enough food in him to make up for the calorie loss, plus rapid growth spurt. He used to be pretty stocky, now he is getting scrawny!
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He would prefer to eat a big steak or burger before practice, but I'm afraid it would make him sick or cause cramps during the swim.
I would always eat some before practice, then my dinner afterwards.
I liked PJ's idea of a burrito...my son can pound bean burritos, and they're fast to make. You can get vegetarian beans...not sure how beans fare with cholesterol. Corn tortillas are better than flour.
He would prefer to eat a big steak or burger before practice, but I'm afraid it would make him sick or cause cramps during the swim.
I would always eat some before practice, then my dinner afterwards.
I liked PJ's idea of a burrito...my son can pound bean burritos, and they're fast to make. You can get vegetarian beans...not sure how beans fare with cholesterol. Corn tortillas are better than flour.
