Plant-Based Sports Nutrition: Expert fueling strategies for training, recovery, and performance - Softcover

Larson-Meyer, D. Enette; Ruscigno, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492568643 ISBN 13: 9781492568643

Verlag: Human Kinetics, 2019

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Every day an increasing number of athletes incorporate a plant-based diet when training or recovering from competition. Plant-Based Sports Nutrition offers you guidance on how to effectively fuel your training and competition through a plant-based diet. The authors draw on their years of experience working with plant-based athletes to offer you a reliable and complete guide on how, when and why you need to plan your nutrient intake to maximise nutrition. This you make smarter decisions about fueling your body to ensure you have the energy and stamina to boost your training and excel during competition. This comprehensive guide features inspirational stories from successful plant-based athletes. As well as plenty of recipes and meal plans to use for training, event and everyday nutrition needs. The authors also provide details of nutrient timing and relative energy deficiency syndrome (RED-S). There is also information on keto diets, tips of optimizing bone health and iron intake and instructions for making your own fluid-replacement beverages. Whether you are a dedicated vegetarian or vegan looking to add variety to your diet or an athlete searching for a plant-based competitive edge, Plant-Based Sports Nutrition helps you maximise your diet for optimal performance.

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Enette Larson-Meyer is a professor at the University of Wyoming. She is the author of Vegetarian Sports Nutrition (Human Kinetics, 2007) and has also authored over 80 scientific journal articles and book chapters. She has served on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Nutrition Consensus Panel and on the IOC Consensus Panel for Supplementation in the Elite Athlete. Matt Ruscigno is a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and has followed a vegan diet for more than 20 years. Ruscigno has co-authored many books included No Meat Athlete, Appetite for Reduction and Cacao, Superfoods for Life. He is the past chair of the vegetarian nutrition (VN) practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Recreationally, he has raced ultramarathongs, Ironman races and 24 hour mountain bike races.

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• Verlag: Human Kinetics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1492568643
• ISBN 13: 9781492568643
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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