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

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By (author): D. Enette Larson-Meyer Matt Ruscigno

Gain the plant-based advantage! Join the thousands of runners, bodybuilders, and athletes from virtually every sport who rely on foods and beverages made without animal products. Every day an increasing number of athletes, even those who are not fully vegetarian or vegan, incorporate a plant-based diet when training or recovering from competition.

In Plant-Based Sports Nutrition, registered dietitians Enette Larson-Meyer and Matt Ruscigno combine decades of evidence-based research with personal experience working withand asvegan and vegetarian athletes to offer you a reliable and complete explanation of how, when, and why you need to plan your nutrient intake to maximize nutrition and get the best results. They will help you make smart decisions about properly fueling your body so you have the energy and stamina to boost your training and excel during competition.

Learn how to get proper amounts of all essential macronutrients, vitamins, and minerals, taking into account your personal caloric needs. Draw inspiration from athletes who share how they succeed in their sports while following a plant-based way of eating. Enjoy plenty of recipes to use for training, event, and everyday nutrition needs and utilize the tailored meal plans and training strategies to properly fuel your body. Understand nutrient timing and relative energy deficiency syndrome (RED-S) as well as how to meet protein and amino acid requirements while doing light, moderate, or intense training for your sport. Get information on keto diets, tips for optimizing bone health and iron intake, and instructions for making your own fluid-replacement beverage.

Whether you are a dedicated vegetarian or vegan looking to add variety to your diet or you are an athlete searching for a plant-based competitive edge, Plant-Based Sports Nutrition will help you maximize your diet for optimal performance!

Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam. See more
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  • Weight: 726g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Jun 2019
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781492568643

About D. Enette Larson-MeyerMatt Ruscigno

Enette Larson-Meyer PhD RD CSSD FACSM is a professor at Virginia Tech and is a well-respected researcher in the area of sports and exercise metabolism. Her research centers on how nutrition influences the health and performance of active individuals at all stages of the life cycle and at all levels of performancefrom the casual exerciser to the elite athlete. Larson-Meyer is the author of Vegetarian Sports Nutrition (Human Kinetics 2007) and has also authored over 80 scientific journal articles and book chapters. She served on the 2011 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Nutrition Consensus Panel and on the IOC Consensus Panel for Supplementation in the Elite Athlete. She is a board certified specialist in sports dietetics is a former sports dietitian for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is active in SCAN (the sports cardiovascular and wellness nutrition practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) and the American College of Sports Medicine where she serves as an associate editor for medicine and science in sports and exercise. She is also a past chair of both SCAN and the vegetarian nutrition (VN) practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Personal interests include trail running flat water kayaking Irish step dancing yoga and being the number-one fan of her one semi-vegetarian and two vegetarian children.Matt Ruscigno MPH RD is a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and has followed a vegan diet for more than 20 years. He has a nutritional science degree from Pennsylvania State University a public health nutrition masters degree from Loma Linda University and certification as a registered dietitian. He is a coauthor of the No Meat Athlete book with Matt Frazier and Appetite for Reduction with Isa Moskowitz and is lead author of Cacao Superfoods for Life. He is the past chair of the vegetarian nutrition (VN) practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and currently is the chief nutrition officer at Nutrinic a start-up health-care company using plant-based nutrition for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Recreationally he has raced ultramarathons Ironman races and 24-hour mountain bike races and he has bike toured over 15000 miles. He is a long-time resident of Los Angeles California.

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