Gazpacho is an isotonic drink that helps athletes recover from physical efforts in a natural way. This great benefit of gazpacho is supported by different nutritional studies because of the isotonic qualities of ingredients included in this traditional dish.
Bear in mind that gazpacho helps the body to be hydrated due to its content in water, not only because the traditional recipe includes water but also because of the water provided by vegetables (tomato, pepper and cucumber).
SolfrÃo is promoting the relationship between gazpacho and sports, ensuring the amount of mineral salts, vitamins and vegetable fiber in its recipe.
Energy inputs of SolfrÃo gazpacho for athletes are:
Potassium is essential for the appropriate muscle contraction. When practising sports, potassium is released by sweat and by urine when finishing the physical exercise. The recommended daily allowance of potassium for an athlete is 2 g/day. To put this in perspective, a 0.25 litre glass of SolfrÃo gazpacho provides more potassium than a banana
Iron is fundamental in haemoglobin that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues helping muscles to function better.
Calcium and Phosphorous help the initial muscle contraction and strengthen the bones. All vegetables, mainly green vegetables such as pepper and cucumber, contain these minerals.
Magnesium plays an important role in the neuromuscular transmission. Resistance athletes have more magnesium shortage in the blood plasma. Vegetables are very rich in this mineral.
All these minerals are released when sweating, this is why having a nutritious gazpacho helps minerals be repositioned.
Besides, gazpacho preserves all vitamins of vegetables such as Vitamin C in pepper and tomato, Vitamin E in tomato and extra virgin olive oil; antioxidants such as lycopene of tomato.
Consequently, a good gazpacho is the best reward for our body after a physical effort because of its excellent properties to recover mineral salts and carbohydrates, and because it is delicious!
Are you motivated to practise sports knowing that a cold SolfrÃo gazpacho is waiting for you?