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Summary: An excellent analysis of the needs of part time athletes!
Review: I liked Nancy Clark's book for two reasons. First, I appreciated her clear and concise presentation of the information. Second, the way she used scientific studies, etc. to back up her conclusions appealed to me. As a part time triathlete, I refer to this book by her and others by Covert Bailey as my primary reference tools on nutrition.
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Summary: Extremely helpful
Review: I loved the easy to understand language of this book and the "common sense" approach to sports nutrition.Nancy Clark makes eating well for your sport easy to do, and easy to maintain. I'd recommend this book to anyone, whether you're an athlete or not. Very good information!
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Summary: Extremely helpful
Review: I loved the easy to understand language of this book and the "common sense" approach to sports nutrition. Nancy Clark makes eating well for your sport easy to do, and easy to maintain. I'd recommend this book to anyone, whether you're an athlete or not. Very good information!
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Summary: One of the best books for anyone trying to loose weight
Review: I purchased Nancy Clark's book with the sole purpose of loosing weight. Not only has this book put me on the right path by helping me to lower my body fat, it's the first time I've lost weight and been able to keep it off. I love how this book teaches common sense techniques for loosing weight in a stress-free manner, and how I don't have to starve myself in order to achieve healthy long-term results. I strongly recommend this book for anyone trying to loose fat, gain muscle and develop better nutrition habits.
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Summary: My Nutrition Bible
Review: I've had this book for years. The pages are dog-eared and the recipe pages have flour spashed on them. I've read it cover-to-cover about ten times, and I still refer to it for the details I overlooked. The true test? My friends and co-workers marvel at my lunches and jealously comment on how healthy and delicious my lunches look. And they are healthy and delicious - thanks to The Sports Nutrition Guidebook. This book taught me how to eat healthfully, exercise and lose weight. It will get you through any nutritional stage you're in and bring you to a healthier place.
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Summary: The BEST Book on Sports Nutrition
Review: Nancy Clark writes an easy to read, nuts and bolts guide to sports nutrition that benefits the weekend warrior to the serious athlete. You'll get all your questions answered with this straight forward and practical guide.
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Summary: Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook 2nd Ed.
Review: This book is a good start for someone interested in sports nutrition and overall good eating habits. It has chapters on eating breakfast to eating disorders. A helpful resource for good, fast, recipes with out a lot of fuss. A third edition might be helpful to further the information in the this edition. Overall, a great book, Nancy Clark is a real person with similar goals and interests as her readers, a great person to relate to!
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Summary: A good addition to your nutrition library, but...
Review: This book is great for endurance athletes. I run about 15-20 miles per week and it was helpful for me to learn about the importance of carbo loading and glycogen stores. The book also has many useful tables and facts. Nancy Clark addresses all the major topics on sports nutrition. Having said that, she sticks a bit too closely to the FDA food pyramid, suggesting that just 15% of your daily calories come from protein. This seems awfully low to me (perhaps I've been tainted by the Adkins Diet craze?). She also cites many "studies" but most of them were done on just seven male athletes. It was hard for me to buy into all the results. I do appreciate supporting evidence, but such a small group of test subjects made me question her assertions. She talks about vitamins and minerals as the "spark plugs" of a good diet, but suggests sticking crackers in your gym bag, which have absolutely no nutritional value. She also doesn't recommend taking vitamin supplements. As a woman, I can't see the harm in making sure I have enough calcium, iron and folic acid in my diet (most women don't). Most of the recipes are great, like the banana bread. However, she shot herself in the foot by supplying the percentages of carbs, protein and fat in each dish. In the rest of the book, she suggests getting 60-70% of your calories from carbohydrates, but very few of her recipes have such a high percentage of carbs - even the pasta dishes. One other surprise: the recipe for the pasta with spinach and pine nuts suggests adding "3-4 tablespoons" of oil! Sounds more like oil loading. I am glad I read the book, but I think I will be looking for another book with other points of view to balance Nancy's suggestions.
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Summary: A good addition to your nutrition library, but...
Review: This book is great for endurance athletes. I run about 15-20 miles per week and it was helpful for me to learn about the importance of carbo loading and glycogen stores. The book also has many useful tables and facts. Nancy Clark addresses all the major topics on sports nutrition. Having said that, she sticks a bit too closely to the FDA food pyramid, suggesting that just 15% of your daily calories come from protein. This seems awfully low to me (perhaps I've been tainted by the Adkins Diet craze?). She also cites many "studies" but most of them were done on just seven male athletes. It was hard for me to buy into all the results. I do appreciate supporting evidence, but such a small group of test subjects made me question her assertions. She talks about vitamins and minerals as the "spark plugs" of a good diet, but suggests sticking crackers in your gym bag, which have absolutely no nutritional value. She also doesn't recommend taking vitamin supplements. As a woman, I can't see the harm in making sure I have enough calcium, iron and folic acid in my diet (most women don't). Most of the recipes are great, like the banana bread. However, she shot herself in the foot by supplying the percentages of carbs, protein and fat in each dish. In the rest of the book, she suggests getting 60-70% of your calories from carbohydrates, but very few of her recipes have such a high percentage of carbs - even the pasta dishes. One other surprise: the recipe for the pasta with spinach and pine nuts suggests adding "3-4 tablespoons" of oil! Sounds more like oil loading. I am glad I read the book, but I think I will be looking for another book with other points of view to balance Nancy's suggestions.
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Summary: very basic, good recipes though
Review: This book is very basic. This book should be half the size it actually is. She repeats herself quite a bit, and she over explains things. There were a few things not mentioned. She states there is one essential fat, linoleic acid. There are actually two essential fats. She said nothing about the one that Americans are sorely lacking in, linolenic acid, or the omega 3 fats. The recipes were good though. If you want a good sports nutrition book get Dr. Michael Colgan's "Optimum Sports Nutrition". Easy to read, and follow. No recipes though. Nancy should rename her book "Sports Nutrition Cookbook".
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