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Just eat the right foods in the right proportions.

On a plate should be: just over 50% carbs

just over 25% protein

and just under 25% fats (oliveoil, mayonnaise)

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Eating a lot of protein is the way to go!!! Mutton, Beef, Pork, Turtle, Lobster, Conch, Whale - now that's the life!

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I think they taste a little bit like baby seal and penguin, though others have said they taste a bit more like dolphin.

Edited by 143no - 08 April 2007 at 12:01pm

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You haven't eaten Turtle mate? You are missing the real deal!

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If your a bowler, the night before the game you should take on some extra carbs, dont carbo load like a marathon runner would but just eat a bit more in the way of carbs than you usually would the night before.

oagood meal containing carbs before a game is good, but not too soon before a game, give food a couple of hours to settle

drinking an energy drink before and durning the game is a good idea, also make sure your drinking enough water because dehydration is not a good idea

Edited by Pietersen Fan - 09 April 2007 at 12:48pm

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wot food should a batter eat before u got to sleep n the next morning u do out to bat

Spin Wizard you certainly get a lot of different food in the Caribbean then we do over here in England, we don't eat as much fish as you, the only fish that we really have regularly is cod, salmon, tuna and maybe sardines, haddock and plaice, not a lot of fish, and most of the cod goes into that battered rubbish which goes down the chippy, I quite like fish but don't have cod that often because I can't stand the batter it's cooked in, it makes me feel sick because it's so greasy and sickly.

On the other hand, most of our meat comes from farmland round here, we have chicken, beef (cow), pork, turkey and lamb (sheep) but we also get stuff like duck and geese and we have game which is stuff like venicon (deer) and pheasant, so our food is certainly different, I don't know how many of you have tried a traditional English roast dinner from abroad.

Anyway, back on topic and I try and eat something like pasta or meat, potatoes and vegetable (or maybe rice and not the veg sometimes) but I'm not really that good when it comes to diet, it's something I definitely need to work on, I also drink plenty of water or Powerade before nad during the match and I might have a couple of cereal bars for replacing the energy, so as I say, I'm not good at diets.

But having a good diet is essential to keeping fit and playing well, you definitely wouldn't be healthy if you lived on a diet of McDonalds, crisps and coke, so you wouldn't be able to play well, so eating healthily is vital to having a good cricketing career.

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I eat alot of cheese, does that help ? :D

Originally posted by freddie

Spin Wizard you certainly get a lot of different food in the Caribbean then we do over here in England, we don't eat as much fish as you, the only fish that we really have regularly is cod, salmon, tuna and maybe sardines, haddock and plaice, not a lot of fish, and most of the cod goes into that battered rubbish which goes down the chippy, I quite like fish but don't have cod that often because I can't stand the batter it's cooked in, it makes me feel sick because it's so greasy and sickly.

We have a lot of variety of fish and we generally buy them from the fishermen and not in packed products so we get the better of it. We eat a lot of sea food back here like Turtle, Conch, Lobster, Fish of course, dolphin, and some of the caribbean countries like here in St. Vincent (Bequia really) catch whale and we eat it. Seafood are far better than chicken, pork, beef etc!! We do eat Beef, Pork, Mutton, chicken, duck and Turkey too!

In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.

Originally posted by spin wizard

Originally posted by freddie

Spin Wizard you certainly get a lot of different food in the Caribbean then we do over here in England, we don't eat as much fish as you, the only fish that we really have regularly is cod, salmon, tuna and maybe sardines, haddock and plaice, not a lot of fish, and most of the cod goes into that battered rubbish which goes down the chippy, I quite like fish but don't have cod that often because I can't stand the batter it's cooked in, it makes me feel sick because it's so greasy and sickly.

We have a lot of variety of fish and we generally buy them from the fishermen and not in packed products so we get the better of it. We eat a lot of sea food back here like Turtle, Conch, Lobster, Fish of course, dolphin, and some of the caribbean countries like here in St. Vincent (Bequia really) catch whale and we eat it. Seafood are far better than chicken, pork, beef etc!! We do eat Beef, Pork, Mutton, chicken, duck and Turkey too!

I only wish we had that luxury in England, but if you ever come to England don't go to an English fish and chip shop, all the fish is cooked in horrible greasy batter and all they really sell is cod.

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