Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook
- Book Review,
by Nancy Clark
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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
From School Library Journal
YA-- As a consultant to the Boston Celtics, Clark is well equipped to advise sports aficionados on their training diets. Although her focus is primarily on the serious athlete, her nutrition tips can be useful to anyone desiring a healthy lifestyle. Discussion of the carbohydrate issue, foods to eat before and after exercising, fluids, and supplements are presented. There is also a section on weight control tips as well as suggestions for gaining weight. Healthful recipes with nutritional and caloric information complete the volume. Most of this is information is basic and is available elsewhere, but Clark's abundant use of charts and diagrams and her enthusiatic presentation make the book a winner. --Anne Paget, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TXCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Boost your energy, reduce stress, lose body fat, build muscle, and improve your performance with the all-time best-selling sports nutrition guide! Updated with realistic eating strategies to help you make the right food choices in today’s eat-and-run society, Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook shows how to navigate your way healthfully through grocery stores, fast food drive-throughs, restaurants, and even your own kitchen. More than 72 recipes are included for healthful, mouth-watering meals that are quick and easy to prepare. The nation’s leading sports nutritionist Nancy Clark helps you get the maximum benefit from the foods you choose with customized eating plans. You’ll learn how to eat before games or tournaments and, just as important, how to eat afterward for optimal recovery. Clark covers current food, drink, and sport supplement options and explains which are best—and why—based on individual energy expenditure. She also gives advice on trendy diet alternatives like the Zone, Atkins, thermogenics, and Ultra Slim-Fast. Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook is the preferred source of solid nutritional advice to fuel an active lifestyle. Eat to feel great, achieve a desired weight, and be energized all day long.
Book Info
Consumer text offers recommendations for boosting energy, reduce stress, lose body fat, build muscle, and improve performance. Offers advice on making good choices in the grocery store and restaurants. Includes more than 65 healthy recipes. Also reviews current food, drink, and sports supplement options. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover.
From the Publisher
"Easy to reference and easy to follow. Provides straightforward talk and suggestions with no artificial dressings." Joan Benoit Samuelson Two-time Boston Marathon winner "Contains the best of her first book with more recipes and new sections on body image and body fat." Barbara Harris Editor-in-Chief SHAPE magazine "Nancy Clark has done it again! Her new edition is packed with medically sound, practical, reader-friendly information and guidance. I am proud to refer patients to this well-balanced, enlightened approach to health, fitness, and peak performance." Georgia G. Kostas, MPH, RD Nutrition Director, Cooper Clinic Author of The Balancing Act Nutrition & Weight Guide and The Guilt-Free Comfort Food Cookbook "Balanced, authoritative, and scientifically sound, this readable, practical guide is an invaluable resource for active people." Carol Krucoff Health and Fitness Columnist Washington Post
About the Author
Nancy Clark, MS, RD, is the director of nutrition services at SportsMedicine Associates in Brookline, Massachusetts, one of the largest athletic injury clinics in the Boston area. A registered dietitian specializing in nutrition for sports, exercise, and weight management, Clark counsels everyone from casual exercisers to competitive athletes. Her more famous clients include members of the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics as well as many elite and Olympic athletes. She is also the sports nutrition consultant to Boston College’s sports medicine department and the Arthritis Foundation’s Joint in Motion Marathon Training Program. Clark is the nutrition columnist for New England Runner, Adventure Cycling, Rugby, and Active.com. She is a regular contributor to Shape and Runner’s World, and she writes a monthly nutrition column titled "The Athlete’s Kitchen," which appears in more than 100 sports and health publications and Web sites. In addition, Clark is the author of Nancy Clark’s Food Guide for Marathoners: Tips for Everyday Champions, and she has an audiotape, Dieting Tips for Active People: How to Lose Fat and Maintain Energy to Train. An internationally known lecturer, Clark has given presentations to such groups as the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the International Food Information Council. She has also led workshops for athletes at the Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs and Lake Placid. Clark received her undergraduate degree in nutrition from Simmons College in Boston and her master’s degree in nutrition from Boston University. She completed her internship in dietetics at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a fellow of the ADA, recipient of their 1995 Media Excellence Award, and an active member of ADA’s practice group of sports nutritionists (SCAN) and a recipient of its 1992 Honor Award. In addition, Clark is a fellow of the ACSM and recipient of the 1994 Honor Award from ACSM’s New England chapter. An athlete herself, Clark has biked across America, run marathons, and trekked in the Himalayas. A regular bike commuter and member of the Greater Boston Track Club, she lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children.
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