小囧連勝的秘密（跟麩質說掰掰） - 溫網 Tennis

Djokovic switched to gluten-free diet, now he's unstoppable on court
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小囧闖出39連勝，其中一個秘密是麵粉掰掰的減重法


Curious about what's fuelling Novak Djokovic's rocket ride to the verge of
the top ranking in men's tennis?

Well, it's not pasta. At least not the standard kind.

Before the current season, Djokovic switched to a gluten-free diet and
suddenly most forms of processed carbohydrates became off-limits to him.

因為發現自己對於麵粉類（嚴謹的來說叫做麩質）食物過敏，所以小囧就跟
麵粉說掰掰了。但同時也造成他和很多碳水化合物的食物就此無緣～

Just as suddenly, he grew into an unstoppable force on the tennis court. In
January he defeated world No. 1 Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open, and
this past Sunday he dropped Nadal again to win the Italian Open.

The 23-year-old attributes much of his success to his eating habits.

Common in starchy foods, gluten helps make bread rise and bagels chewy. But
some people don't digest it well, and in others it can exacerbate autoimmune
disorders from eczema to multiple sclerosis. For those with celiac disease,
gluten is especially harmful.

Djokovic said off-season testing determined he was allergic to gluten,
prompting the drastic shift in his eating habits.

小囧進行的這個Gluten-free diet方法其實外國很常見，有些人對於麩質這東西
比較難以招架。對於連勝，小囧也頗歸功於這件事情。

“I have lost some weight but it's only helped me because my movement is much
sharper now and I feel great physically,” he told the Mirror in April.

四月的時候小囧說他變輕了，其實反而感覺體能更好，跑動也更順暢

But “gluten-free” doesn't necessarily mean “healthy,” says Noah Deutsch,
a trainer and nutritionist in Victoria, B.C. Instead of buying expensive
gluten-free processed foods, she recommends simply replacing foods with oats,
barley or rye with gluten-free whole foods such as buckwheat, yams or quinoa.

Going gluten-free won't turn a fringe professional into Djokovic, but Deutsch
recommends that athletes try it if they're curious.

“If they feel better and they're not finding it too restrictive, they might
as well stay on it,” she says. “If they don't feel better or they find it
too restrictive then there's no point ... but if it works, it works.”

這裡簡單的翻，反正就是專家也不認為執行這項減重法必然是好的，也是因人而異。

沒有全部逐字翻譯，只是想讓大家了解一下比較具體的改變，畢竟心理素質這種
層面我們也無法實際看到囉～


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