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Author: Susan Kleiner, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson $11.53 |
Power Eating: 3rd. edition |
Editorial Review:
No other nutrition program will enable you to gain muscle and power--while trimming body fat--more effectively than Power Eating, the leading plan for power athletes, strength trainers, and bodybuilders.
Authored by a consultant to NFL and NBA players and world-class bodybuilders, Power Eating combines the most up-to-date scientific and practical advice to address the unique nutritional requirements of the power athlete. The result is an approach that has helped thousands of athletes reach their physique and performance goals--safely and legally.
This third edition incorporates the latest nutrition principles and recommendations, specifically addressing and dispelling the myths about carbohydrate and its role in a power athlete's diet. A revised supplement rating system incorporates new IOC rules and makes the latest findings on vitamins and minerals, muscle-building products, and performance-related herbs easier to find. And the inclusion of more recipes and meal plans will provide greater variety for athletes on specialized eating plans.
Incorporate the Power Eating plan into your training and find out what thousands of athletes already know. Power Eating is more than a book. It's a path to power excellence.
Beyond the fad weight-loss diets, beyond the bodybuilding mythology about excessive amounts of protein for making muscle, beyond the nonsense that circulates about nutrition in the world today, there is a body of scientific knowledge that shows us a road map to our goals. For example, Susan Kleiner shares a formula to determine exactly how much protein the bodies of strength trainers and bodybuilders can use before storing the extra as fat, why amino-acid supplements are a very expensive and somewhat inferior substitute for simple foods such as yogurt and chicken, and why carbohydrates, not protein, are the most important nutrients for muscle building. Many of the recommendations seem so simple--"eat fruits and vegetables," for example--but Power Eating shows us that sometimes the oldest advice in the world is perfectly aligned with modern nutritional science, whereas the complex solutions dreamed up by bodybuilding gurus and supplement manufacturers don't always stand up to rigorous analysis.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
Practically worthless: 
I had high expectations of this book. I expected it to be backed up by science, considering the blub and credentials of the author. I followed its recommendations for a while. Result? I got fatter and more slothful, rather than fit and more healthy. The author, for all her Ph.D.'s and R.D.'s seems utterly incapable of doing anything but regurgitating the ultra high carbohydrate party line.
Her dietary recommendations might work for a heavily muscled teenager who does a lot of aerobic exercise. I...more info
Some good info.:
I felt this was a good book with some good info. Some great points are made regarding good and bad foods and supplements. It also gives great guidelines for adjusting calorie intake to achieve certain goals, with some good meal and smoothie recipes as well.
The only: 
I have been looking at all sorts of eating books, and this one really worked.
In "Body for Life" book, he won't let you eat enough carbs, imagine living without eating bread. Plus, if you eat an apple, thats a serving of carb, which means you can either eat a piece of bread or an apple, not both. We all know both bread and apple are healthy, but he won't let you eat that. plus, he had no considerations for vegetarians like me. So, I was looking for something that will help me eat fruits and vegetables...more info
Best book on nutrition for strength trainers:
This is by far the best book I've ever read on how to eat as a strength trainer to maximize your results. It explains the whys and hows and proceeds to teach you how to build your own customized eating plan. Excellent!
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