Product Description
Boost your energy, manage stress, build muscle, lose fat, and improve your performance with the all-time best-selling sports nutrition guide! Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook will help you make the right food choices in grocery stores, restaurants, drive-throughs, and your own kitchen. Whether you're preparing for competition or simply eating on the go, let sport`s leading nutritionist show you how to get maximum benefit from the foods you choose and the meals you make. You'll learn how to eat before exercise and events as well as how to refuel afterward for optimal recovery. Updated and on the cutting edge, the fourth edition includes the latest sports nutrition research on hydration and fluid intake, vitamins, supplements, energy drinks, organic foods, and the role of carbohydrate and protein during exercise. You'll also learn about the new food pyramid and the American Heart Association's latest dietary guidelines. If you're seeking advice on losing weight, getting energized to exercise, or improving your health and performance, Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook has the answers you can trust.

Amazon.com Review
What's the best diet for good health and athletic performance? Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D., describes the dietary balance and specific foods shown to be optimal for athletes from recreational exercisers to Olympic hopefuls, citing supporting studies. Refreshingly free of high-protein hype, Clark emphasizes a varied, wholesome, moderate diet high in complex carbohydrates ("without question, wholesome carbohydrates are the best choices for fueling your muscles and promoting good health"), especially whole grains and starches; adequate but not excessive protein; and 20 to 35 percent fat. Learn the components and variables of your ideal diet, with tables of nutritional information and marvelous tidbits, such as calorie/fat counts of various fast foods. Did you realize that an Au Bon Pain pecan roll has 800 calories and 45 grams of fat--double the calories/fat in a serving of KFC's Crispy Strips? Did you know that a Dunkin' Donuts 16-ounce Coffee Coolatta with cream has 410 calories and 22 grams of fat--about equivalent to a McDonald's Quarter-Pounder? Clark, a well-known sports nutrition expert, also covers weight loss, weight gain, eating disorders, and includes 72 recipes. Highly recommended for athletes, exercisers, and average folk who want to understand how to design a personalized diet. --Joan Price

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 42 reviews)

Sports Nutrition Guidebook by R. Nelson

1 Stars
August 03, 2009
I paid for the fastest form of Federal Express delivery because my son needed it for a class that he was taking in New Zealand. He was leaving in a week. The book did not arrive until after he left!!!! I would have thought that the book would have arrived on time. Instead it arrived the day after he left. It would have cost over $100 to then try to mail it to him in New Zealland which I obviously was not going to do so I bought a book that he will never use. The bottom line --- I have no opinion about the book, but the delivery service was horrible!!!! I have received items faster using regular deliver. I found this very disappointing!!!!

Great overview of nutrition principles by Knud A. Hermansen

4 Stars
July 13, 2009
This is a great book for introducing you to overall nutrition concepts - even for those who are not focused on sports nutrition. One of my goals is to get a better understanding of how to eat right for my running and I used this book to get started. Clark sites study after study to support her overall thesis and presents a very well support thesis. The major points that I got from this book were: (1) eat the right combination of nutrients by aiming for 3 of the 5 food groups at each meal and (2) the key to loosing or controlling weights in calories - not carb-protein ratios. Clark first goes through each of the food groups and goes over what quantities and types we should be aiming for in each. Throughout the book she debunks various fad diets. She also spends a lot of time looking at eating disorders, which I did not find quite a useful. The final section of the book goes over numerous recipes.

Changed the way I eat by E. McKeever

5 Stars
July 07, 2009
I was a pretty picky eater until I read this book. After understanding the importance of so many nutrients (and where to find them), I changed my eating habits and exposed myself to several new foods that I now love! I feel so much more educated in nutrition than I ever was before.

Sports Nutrition Guide by Alphonso White (New York NY)

5 Stars
May 26, 2009
Very informative and easy to understand. A MUST read for nutritionists, dietitions, and personal trainers. I also recommend for anyone curious about nutrition from the casual exerciser to seasoned athlete.

Common sense information by L. Parker

5 Stars
May 09, 2009
This is a common sense approach to weight loss and just feeling better. The only way I've ever lost weight is to eat low fat. You need not be an athlete or exercise regularly to benefit from Miss Clark's advice. It also helps those who might have problems concerning their heart, blood sugar, blood pressure et al. I've lost my craving for sugar and salt.

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