🩺🌍 World Health Day: Emotional Triggers and Athletic Performance On World Health Day, it is essential to recognize that the mind governs the body. Emotional health is not a minor detail – it is a fundamental pillar of sports performance. Emotional triggers affect endurance, recovery, and even dietary choices. Stress, pressure to achieve results, and external expectations can compromise sleep, focus, and the ability to overcome challenges. A well-trained body is not enough if the mind is overwhelmed. When emotions are not managed, symptoms such as excessive fatigue, irritability, and lack of concentration arise. What hinders performance is not the trigger itself, but how one responds to it. True strength lies in the ability to recognize, confront, and transform internal challenges into motivation. 🔹 Caring for mental health with the same discipline as physical health is what sets great athletes apart. True performance happens when body and mind are in harmony. 🔹 Because a strong athlete is not just the one who surpasses physical limits, but the one who master’s their mind. Nutritionist Verónica Barros, M.Sc, ON 5066N
