After beating the Norwegian Casper Ruud, in a match lasting three hours and 20 minutes, Carlos Alcaraz has been declared the winner of Us Open 2022 after a flawless season. His great talent, his determination, his great physique and his ability to work have led him to become the Youngest world number one in history.
Rivers of ink have been spilled over this young promise of tennis. She has gone from being a promising future to becoming the international tennis present. The key to your success is not just physical training: feeding also plays a key role.
For a high-level athlete like Alcaraz, it is essential to maintain the energy levels as high as possible during the long hours that a game can last. Therefore, it is not uncommon to see the tennis player eating something during his breaks.
Thanks to an interview conducted by the ATP Tour, we have been able to learn about the Murcian’s eating habits. In the breaks of the game, Carlos says that he usually takes a barrita with dates, egg whites and guarana, three very beneficial ingredients for a high-performance athlete like him. As we have seen in this final, on many occasions Alcaraz combines this bar with a bananato give the final touch to this snack of champions.
A nutritious ‘snack’, even more energizing than coffee
The three main ingredients of this bar (dates, egg and guarana) make up a snack of a very high nutritional value, perfect for a moment of great physical effort such as a tennis match.
The Spanish Nutrition Foundation recognizes dates as a great source of carbohydrates. “They provide a lot of energy to the body and are an ideal food for withstand long trips, to practice sports or to better cope with jobs that require a lot of physical wear”says the institution.
That is why, if like Alcaraz, you plan to do a sport that involves an unusual physical effort, take some dates as snack or including them in your recipes is a great idea. They are also a natural sweetener of great quality, so they provide an ideal sweet taste for an energy bar.
The eggin spite of the notoriety that it has had in recent years, is a food with a very high nutritional value, and that provides highest quality protein, for its high biological power. Consuming the white of the egg eliminates part of the fats that this food includes without losing its great protein contribution, since, according to the FEN, the yolk contains practically almost all the fat of the egg.
But perhaps the ingredient that attracts the most attention and probably the best known on this list is the guarana. It is the seed of a bush native to the Amazon, scientifically called Paullinia cupanaan ingredient that is said to be even more energizing than coffee. These stimulating and fortifying properties come, in part, from its composition, with between 2 and 6% caffeine, which is why they are used to combat fatigue and promote concentration.
All this, combined with the carbohydrates and potassium provided by the banana, create the perfect team for a energy shot very necessary in moments as tense and exhausting as a high-level match.
