Eating habits, in and outside sports 09:00 10/31/2014 1/3 of sportspeople show ignorance when it comes to rational nutrition. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. There is a strict relation between rational nutrition and sporting achievements. Many people, when asked, said the same. All the recent studies and literature all over the world underline the leading role of nutrition in sports development, role more important than physiotherapy and training. Also, over half the population of sportspeople shows knowledge about the benefits of supplementation with proteins and carbohydrates. This shows a high level of physiological knowledge, because carbohydrates supplement glycogen, which constitutes about 1% of body mass in a regular person, and up to 2% body mass in a sports person. This kind of supplementation quickens the regenerative processes in a body and prevents overtraining. About 30 % of sportspeople show lacks of knowledge in this subject, resulting from