Posts Tagged ‘Performance’

An educational and motivational 3-DVD set by Dr. Rick Kattouf will get you on track to a high performance lifestyle. By debunking myths food and weight loss, Dr. Rick looks at several variable that will influence body composition and will affect your daily performance. Forget the conventional beliefs about weight loss that have kept you on an endless diet treadmill. Dr. Kattouf will teach you how to maximize your energy levels and get your body’s metabolism stoked!

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A substantially revised and updated edition of the highly respected guide to using nutrition as an integrated part of an athlete’s total performance-enhancing package Whatever the sport, it is essential for an athlete to have his or her body working at peak efficiency and this book presents nutrition as an integrated part of an athlete’s regimen. Training should provide maximum benefit and the athlete should achieve peak performance, and in this guide, general nutrition and exe (more…)

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“The Thrive Diet is a life-changing book! The nutrition approach that Brendan lays out for you is amazing in its own right, but he has backed it all with powerful facts. If you want to reduce stress, feel great, eat well, and attain your healthiest you ever, get this book.” — Jon Hinds, founder/owner of Monkey Bar Gymnasium, former NBA Strength Coach, advisor to MLB and NFL teams, and Hollywood trainer”The Thrive Diet is an authoritative guide to outstanding performance, (more…)

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“This informative book provides excellent explanations, especially of the metabolism of carbohydrate, fat, and protein in exercise.” –Doody’s Book Review, 5-star review

Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance, Second Edition, will help students and practitioners understand the function of the nutrients in the body and how these nutrients affect health and athletic performance. The authors present clear, comprehensive, and accurate nutr (more…)

Exercise, train, and compete at your best on a vegetarian diet. Few segments of the population are more mindful of their food intake than athletes and vegetarians. This book combines the unique demands of sports with a healthy vegetarian diet that can help you build energy and endurance and reduce body fat. Whether you are carbo-loading before a marathon or fine-tuning nutrition to get the most out of your workout, registered dietitian and elite vegetarian athlete Lisa Do (more…)

Sport Nutrition: An Introduction to Energy Production and Performance presents in-depth discussion of the science behind sport nutrition, including general principles, background, and rationale for current nutritional guidelines. Students will gain a solid understanding of the principles of nutrition as they relate specifically to sport. Students will also learn how to distinguish between fact and fallacy in the confusing world of sport nutrition and supplements. The logical (more…)

Review

“The Thrive Diet is a life-changing book! The nutrition approach that Brendan lays out for you is amazing in its own right, but he has backed it all with powerful facts. If you want to reduce stress, feel great, eat well, and attain your healthiest you ever, get this book.” — Jon Hinds, founder/owner of Monkey Bar Gymnasium, former NBA Strength Coach, advisor to MLB and NFL teams, and Hollywood trainer”The Thrive Diet is an authoritative guide to outstanding performance, (more…)

I am speaking from a mothers point of view. I dont want my kids to be a victim because there is this gray area in the sport world were dietary supplement and steroids are borderline one in the same….how do you persuade someone on that fact?

need help on my sports nutrition course

I am looking for supplements so I can improve in performance, endurance, resistance, recovery and strength.
Any recommendations?
I appreciate your input