--- title: Breakfast before a match and food after — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Breakfast before a match and food after», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Breakfast literally breaks a fast: if you ate tea at 6 pm and play at 10 am, your body has gone 16 hours with no food and needs f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Breakfast before a match and food after # Breakfast before a match and food after Lesson 53 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/0/) — Breakfast literally breaks a fast: if you ate tea at 6 pm and play at 10 am, your body has gone 16 hours with no food and needs fuel before it can run. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/1/) — Matilda's dad makes porridge with banana at 8:30 for an 11:00 match, «No, love, gives it time to go down», because a proper meal about 2 to 3 hours before sport leaves the stomach time to empty. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/3/) — A small light snack such as a banana is far better than nothing, and far better than a greasy fry-up. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/4/) — After the final whistle your muscles need repairing and refuelling, so a proper meal or snack with starchy food and some protein, like a sandwich, pasta, yoghurt or a glass of milk, is part of the training. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/5/) — After a night's sleep the body needs fuel; skipping breakfast before morning sport can leave a player shaky, slow and unable to focus. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/6/) — A proper meal is best eaten about 2 to 3 hours before sport so the stomach has time to empty. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/7/) — Porridge, toast, cereal and fruit give steady energy before sport. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/8/) — If time is short, a small easy snack like a banana or a slice of toast gives some fuel without a heavy stomach. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/9/) — Fatty, heavy food like a big fry-up takes a long time to digest, and running on it can cause tummy ache, burping and feeling sick. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/10/) — For very early training, a good tea the night before plus a light snack and a drink on waking works well. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/11/) — Half-time orange slices are a tradition, but a sensible one: a little water and natural sugar in a small, light amount. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/12/) — After sport the body needs to refuel and repair; carbs and some protein, such as a sandwich, pasta, yoghurt or milk, help recovery. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/13/) — Crisps are mostly salt and fat and are not enough to recover after sport. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/14/) — Milk gives fluid, protein for muscles and calcium for bones, which makes it a good drink after exercise. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/15/) — One treat meal to celebrate is fine, but sport doesn't cancel out a huge pile of junk food. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/16/) — Many sports canteens sell mostly chocolate and fizzy drinks, so for a long tournament it is wise to pack sandwiches, fruit and water. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/17/) — A good tea and a good night's sleep after sport let muscles repair and refill energy for the next day. - ← previous: [Energy drinks: why they're not for kids](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/) - next →: [A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)