PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco said he is keen on adopting the system of Brazilian sports science expert Prof. Luis Cameron, who was in the country last November.
Cameron introduced a laboratory tool called “sportonomics” in studying the metabolic profile and nutrition of athletes.
The system is reportedly effective in aiding their performances of athletes.
“Mukhang hindi basta-bastang alaga (sa atleta ito). Matapos kong Makita ang numbers. Our friend from Brazil is ready to come back on February. We can start this by then,” said Cojuangco.
Cameron, who is a neurochemist and a member of the Brazil High Performance Institute, made his lectures and demonstration with athletes and coaches last November.
After testing four members of the national team, Cameron made his point with Filipino sports officials.
Cameron’s system is about the study of blood samples of athletes.
It determines how they use the nutrients they get, whether they are the right ones for their respective sports and if they are getting the most out of it.
Cameron explained that all of the Brazilian national athletes who underwent the blood-testing process “were able to improve their performance.”
Long jumper Marestella Torres, taekwondo jin Kirstie Elaine Allora, both Rio Olympic veterans; and 800-meter runner Mervin Guarte, a 2015 Singapore Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, were among those who underwent metabolic profiling while Cameron was around.