Sports Nutrition Basics. Part 5 - Pre & Post Competition Eating. Long gone are the days when athletes thought that eating a big steak before a game would give them lots of energy. Today's elite sports men and women follow a strict diet, particularly on the day of a competitive match or event.
An artery (plural arteries) (from Greek á¼ÏÏÎ·ÏÎ¯Î± (artÄria), meaning 'windpipe, artery') is a blood vessel that takes oxygenated blood from the heart to all parts of the body. The two exceptions to this rule are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries.
Arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. They are responsible for carrying oxygen and other important nutrients out to the body. In this sense, arteries can be thought of as the supply train of the body, bringing in the raw materials that your organs need in order to do their jobs.