#1 Food to Eat Before a Hockey Game

It's 7 o'clock in the morning, you're on your way to a hockey tournaMent game, and you haven't eaten anything yet. You've got two options - eat nothing or go through the drive-through. Going out on the ice without any fuel in your tank is just plain stupid. You'll have no energy and you won't be able to think. But are there healthy choices you can make for breakFast at the drive-through that will give you the energy you need to perform your best on the ice?

#1 Food to Eat Before a Hockey Game

#1 Food to Eat Before a Hockey Game

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#1 Food to Eat Before a Hockey Game

#1 Food to Eat Before a Hockey Game

Even though most drive-thrus are nutritional wastelands, you are still much better off stopping to grab something than eating nothing at all. Some Fast-Food choices are better than others - and the worst ones might surprise you. So what's the best choice you can make that will give you the energy you need to perform your best?

Let's look at three options that are available at many early morning drive-through destinations: the sprinkled donut, the blueberry muffin and the whole wheat bagel with peanut butter. Which one of these is your worst option?

Most people automatically choose the donut, but in reality, the muffin is the worst choice. Although the donut is completely devoid of nutritional value, it actually has less calories, fat and sugar than the muffin.

The best choice by far is the whole wheat bagel with peanut butter. It contains complex carbohydrates that are going to keep a hockey player's energy levels high throughout the game. The additional of peanut butter contains some fat and protein that will help keep players feeling full and help them recover more quickly once their hockey game is done.

In terms of ranking these 3 options from 1 to 3, the bagel is the runaway winner with the donut and muffin lagging far behind. If the bagel is a 9 out of 10, the donut is a 3 and the muffin is a lowly 2.

Getting your pre-game meal at the drive-through isn't something you should be doing everyday, but there are going to be times that it is your only option. By making the best choices possible, hockey players will ensure that they have the energy to play their best for the enTire game.

#1 Food to Eat Before a Hockey Game