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6/02/2010

Review of Nutrition for Serious Athletes (Paperback)

Dr. Benardot's text, Nutrition for Serious Athletes, is essential for both coach and athlete. It lays out in clear and precise fashion what is required, with regard to nurtition, for athletic success. Crucial topics,for athletic success, that are comprehensively discussed include: propernutrition, hydration, supplements, meals for anaerobic and aerobicactivities, and timing of meals. What also adds to the immense value of thetext is the massive index of food sources of essential nutrients located atthe end of the book. If you want to achieve your best athletic results,i.e., to maximize and actualize your true athletic potential, then thistext is for you. It will not only show you how to fuel your body for theparticular athletic you are training for and competing in, but also helpyou to understand why you should be fueling your body in that particularmaner. All in all, this is an excellant text for the athlete, coach, oreven the individual who just wants to have a clear understanding of propernutrition.

Product Description
As a competitive athlete, you know that what you eat and drink can significantly affect performance. And when you compete at a high level, the types, amounts, and timing of foods, fluids, and supplements is especially critical. Nutrition for Serious Athletes combines the latest research and the training experiences of top athletes to provide detailed eating plans for strength, power, and endurance sports.
Author Dan Benardot helps you tailor your diet to the needs of your sport and time your meals for training and competition. As the national team nutritionist for USA Gymnastics, Benardot helped the 1996 Olympic women's gymnastic team to a gold medal. Currently the co-director of Laboratory for Elite Athlete Performance at Georgia State University, he has also worked with professional basketball and hockey teams as well as other individual sports professionals.
If you are dedicated to being the best athlete you can be, you owe it to yourself to bring this book to the training table. No matter what your sport, Nutrition for Serious Athletes will provide you with expert advice to maximize your training and improve your performance.

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3/31/2010

Review of Healthy Eating Every Day (Paperback)

This is a great resource for helping any individual improve their dietary intake. It is evidence based, so there is a greater chance that it change past behavior, unlike fad diets. It is applicable for all adults, easy and enjoyable to read, and provides a foundation of knowledge and assessments needed to understand the next steps needed to take to become healthier.
Holly Pope PhD (c) of Public Health

Product Description
Improve your health and the quality of your life through balanced eating! Healthy Eating Every Day is a unique, self-paced plan that teaches you how to improve your eating habits in ways that fit your lifestyle.
This practical, research-based strategy addresses the root causes of unhealthy eating, and gives you the tools to succeed in eating better. In Healthy Eating Every Day, you'll discover how to choose the right balance of the right foods for optimal health, set realistic goals and rewards, and cope with triggers for unhealthy eating. You'll also learn other helpful tips:
- Keep healthy eating in mind while shopping for food - Eat well when dining out or away from home - Make sense of nutrition information and diet product claims
Plus, Healthy Eating Every Day contains checklists, charts, and other features that will help you personalize the program and keep it fun all the way through.This book is also used in the Healthy Eating Every Day course, which was developed in partnership with The Cooper Institute. The Healthy Eating Every Day course is available at several places around the world as well as online.Fad diets offer only short-term results that often do more harm than good. Healthy Eating Every Day is a sensible, step-by-step lifetime plan that works!

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