Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide: Peak Performance for Everyone from Beginners to Gold Medalists
Author: Lisa Dorfman
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 Dorfman provides step-by-step information on how to customize your own sport-specific nutrition program and calculate a personal dietary plan for training The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide includes personal stories of athletes who have made the switch to vegetarian diets-from football players and wrestlers to ice skaters and marathoners, some of whom have beaten life-threatening illnesses with the help of this lifestyle. Lisa Dorfman provides a rich array of tasty and diverse vegetarian recipes, menus, easy-to-use charts, and food guides for vegetarians of all types, from the semi-vegetarian to the fruitarian. She also shares the training secrets of seventeen Olympic and world-class athletes who have used their vegetarian diets to achieve peak performance in their careers and optimum health in their lives.
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The Vitamin Book
Author: Harold M Silverman
America's Most Reliable Vitamin Guide...Completely Updated!
We've all heard about the miraculous curative and preventive powers of vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies. Now the new, revised The Vitamin Book, compiled by pharmacological experts, cuts through the confusion so you learn what to take and why.
Here is authoritative and up-to-date scientific information on exactly what vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies can do for you. You'll find:
- Detailed descriptions of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and electrolytes, including daily requirements, dosages, therapeutic uses, and more
- The latest research on St. John's wort, echinacea, CoQ10, DHEA, and other popular herbal and dietary supplements
- An essential guide to brand-name multivitamins found in your supermarket or health food store
- Specific recommendations for children, athletes, seniors, and pregnant or postmenopausal women
- Guidelines for safe supplement use, including megadosing and critical drug interactions
- The nutrient content of hundreds of common foods, including popular fast foods
- How computer programs can monitor your vitamin and mineral intake
- And much, much more
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