Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook: 5th Edition - Paperback Book

This nutrition guide ensures a well balanced diet to improve endurance and performance, and help lose fat.

Boost your energy, manage stress, build muscle, lose fat, and improve your performance. The best-selling nutrition guide is now better than ever!

Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook will help you make the right choices in cafes, convenience stores, drive-throughs, and your own kitchen.

Whether you’re preparing for competition or simply eating for an active lifestyle, let this leading sports nutritionist show you how to get maximum benefit from the foods you choose and the meals you make. You’ll learn what to eat before and during exercise and events, how to refuel for optimal recovery, and how to put into use Clark’s family-friendly recipes and meal plans.

You’ll find the latest research and recommendations on supplements, energy drinks, organic foods, fluid intake, popular diets, carbohydrate and protein intake, training, competition, fat reduction, and muscle gain. Whether you’re seeking advice on getting energized for exercise or improving your health and performance, Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook has the answers you can trust.

Instructors Guide with Supplementary Instructional Materials
For educators who want to use Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook 5E as their textbook: please click on the ancillaries tab to find out how to get a free Instructors' Guide plus access to an image bank that contains many of the tables and charts from this 5th edition.

Contents

Part I Everyday Eating for Active People
Chapter 1     Building a High-Energy Eating Plan
Chapter 2     Eating to Stay Healthy for the Long Run
Chapter 3     Breakfast: The Key to a Successful Sports Diet
Chapter 4     Lunch and Dinner: At Home, on the Run, and on the Road
Chapter 5     Snacking for Health and Sustained Energy
Chapter 6     Carbohydrate: Simplifying a Complex Topic
Chapter 7     Protein to Build and Repair Muscles
Chapter 8     Replacing Sweat Losses to Maintain Performance

Part II The Science of Eating for Exercise
Chapter 9      Fueling Before Exercise
Chapter 10    Fueling During and After Exercise
Chapter 11    Supplements, Performance Enhancers, and Engineered Sports Foods
Chapter 12    Nutrition for Active Women
Chapter 13    Sport-Specific Nutrition

Part III Balancing Weight and Activity
Chapter 14    Assessing Your Body: Fat, Fit, or Fine?
Chapter 15    Gaining Weight the Healthy Way
Chapter 16    Losing Weight Without Starving 
Chapter 17    Dieting Gone Awry: Eating Disorders and Food Obsessions

Part IV Winning Recipes for Peak Performance
Chapter 18    Breads and Breakfasts
Chapter 19    Pasta, Rice, and Potatoes
Chapter 20    Vegetables and Salads
Chapter 21    Chicken and Turkey
Chapter 22    Fish and Seafood
Chapter 23    Beef and Pork
Chapter 24    Beans and Tofu
Chapter 25    Beverages and Smoothies
Chapter 26    Snacks and Desserts