It is one of the healthiest, and besides, there is no "exact" food for martial arts training.
Just stay away from the American diet - it is the #1 source of cancer in the US.
Follow the 1-2-3 rule- That is, one part fat to two parts protien to three parts carbohydrates.
Adjust the ratios depending on what you intend to do during the next three hours, and what you have done in the previous three- If you're going to be doing a lot of intense physical activity, you'll need more carbs before [for energy] and protien after [for muscular recovery], so the ratio might look like 1-1-4 then 1-3-2.
What specific food you eat is somewhat less important- And everyone is different, so you may react better to eating certain foods.
Indian food tends to be on the healthy end of the spectrum, so that's good. Don't know if you've got the same problem the US does with chemical additives in all your processed foods over there, though- But I'd suggest either processing your food yourself whenever you have the chance, or getting it from a smaller, local source instead of a larger industry anyway.
Typical diet in a Kung Fu boarding school in China (breakfast, lunch and dinner are the same foods):
1 bread roll/bun, 1 bowl of soup which is usually water with some rice floating in it enough to make it thicker than water, or water with noodles or corn, 4 kinds of vegetable dishes. The vegetables are grown in the schools gardens and picked fresh every day. Very little meat, mostly chicken once a month and the chickens are not fed growth hormones to make them fat. They are scrawny and skinny so you can imagine how much meat you actually get from those. One chicken is shared among 8 people. Fish too is a luxury so you will only get it a couple times a year. I never saw red meat or ate it while there.
Sometimes you get a bowl of rice, but believe it or not rice for the Chinese is actually very expensive.
Sometimes in the morning you are given a boiled egg.
Fruits too are a luxury since they have to be imported. Sometimes we got watermelons that were grown locally in the summer.
We drank water (warmish since they do not have refrigeration) and green tea (not black tea).
There are no sweets, no carbonated drinks, no icecream, no processed foods, etc.
Fried foods too were rare. Most things were boiled and the broth was part of your soup. There was always oil in the soup too and I am not sure if they just added it, or even what type of oil it was. Some oils are good for you others are not. I somewhat suspect peanut oil as peanuts too were grown locally but we rarely just ate the peanuts.
Bottom line a diet with lots of vegetables is probably closest to what we got to eat there. Also as you can see they were not really big on protein either and the people there were healthy, much healthier than the people in the west. Their stamina is just unbelievable. So the hype of all the shakes and stuff is I think a money maker for some companies, telling us we need a diet high in protein in order to keep up.
Actually I think Indian food in general is really healthy. Only suggestion I would comment on the Indian diet would be to watch your dairy intake and try to stick with chicken if you are the meat eating part of india. If you are not the meat eating part then probably try to find a healthy source of protein from some of the dairy products.
There is no specific diet just for martial artists. A healthy diet is a healthy diet regardless of who you are and what you do. As a martial artists, it is also YOUR job to learn and not ask for knowledge to be handed to you. This applies to all areas of your life such as school, personal relationship, and health.
The means you learn about things you do not know such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, etc. You have access to the internet and that means you have access to all the information mankind has accumulated to this point. Use it. Google is your friend.
I live in India. My age is 30 years. I am practising Kungfu. I want to know particularly which food items to be eaten daily and how much, season wise. I don't understand the terms like protein, fat, carbohydrates etc. It will be good if you can provide me the exact food items to eat at which time of the day. Example- Apples one a day or milk shake once a day... like this
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