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Eat To Win: The Sports Nutrition Bible
Specifically covers a wide spectrum of sports, providing players with advice on determining sports nutrition needs and on developing a nutrition program to increase energy and endurance, with information on fitness, level of play, and injuries
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First published November 1, 1983
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July 20, 2022
Decent little book written surround 19 83. The author comes across as a typical American with lots of highfalutin and chutzpah . He's really big claim to fame is having supported Martina Navratilova the tennis superstar when she was struggling through his views on how to use food as a sporting advantage. One of the key takeaways that I was reminded of in this book was the importance of water in high performance sports be that tennis, football, American football, athletics, boxing. The book also advocated the use of carbohydrates for elite sports men and women and repetitively encourage you to consume less and less protein or certainly less than typically advocated. The mantra of eating more vegetables and more fruits it's one that doctor Robert Haas repeats many times also. Anyway here are some of the best bits from the book:
When you do a blood test there are five vital values that are given total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein HDL cholesterol, glucose blood sugar, triglycerides blood fats, uric acid.
Carefully controlled scientific studies have shown that when you lose as little as two pounds of water during exercise your ability to perform hard work and drop 15%a 7 pound water loss which is not extraordinary for a professional tennis player in humid and hot weather can decrease work ability by very damaging 30%. Athletes lose more contests through dehydration than any other nutritional deficit.
Sugar and salt both act to draw vital body water into the stomach and away from the parts of the body that need what are the most during exercise: the muscles. These drinks stay in the stomach too long to benefit your athletic performance. Pure water leaves the stomach and enters the bloodstream much faster.
Don't eat a large meal before competition or exercise. Your body cannot perform at its best if your stomach is overloaded with fats, protein and carbohydrates. Since physical activity severely ******* strike gestion, you should go into battle with that lean and hungry look. Wait at least two hours after eating before beginning your favorite sport or exercise.
Drinkwater beyond what your thirst requires. This is the single most important recommendation I can make because lack of water is the single most frequent fatal flaw in the diet of almost every athlete I've studied or advised. Drink at least One Cup of water for every 50 pounds of body weight before you begin physical activity then drink at least One Cup of water for every 15 minutes of physical activity.
The amounts of muscle glycogen you store and the enzymes you manufacture to burn that glycogen efficiently will determine your level of endurance and performance in these sports.
The water and carbon dioxide your Krebs cycle produces the less fat it will produce. How can you encourage your own Krebs cycle to do this? Let me give you a helpful phrase to remember: fat burns in the flame of the carbohydrate.This principle really says that the kreb cycle can burn fat from your diet or around your stomach most efficiently and cleanly during physical activity only when there is enough carbohydrates present in the cycle at the same time.
When you do a blood test there are five vital values that are given total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein HDL cholesterol, glucose blood sugar, triglycerides blood fats, uric acid.
Carefully controlled scientific studies have shown that when you lose as little as two pounds of water during exercise your ability to perform hard work and drop 15%a 7 pound water loss which is not extraordinary for a professional tennis player in humid and hot weather can decrease work ability by very damaging 30%. Athletes lose more contests through dehydration than any other nutritional deficit.
Sugar and salt both act to draw vital body water into the stomach and away from the parts of the body that need what are the most during exercise: the muscles. These drinks stay in the stomach too long to benefit your athletic performance. Pure water leaves the stomach and enters the bloodstream much faster.
Don't eat a large meal before competition or exercise. Your body cannot perform at its best if your stomach is overloaded with fats, protein and carbohydrates. Since physical activity severely ******* strike gestion, you should go into battle with that lean and hungry look. Wait at least two hours after eating before beginning your favorite sport or exercise.
Drinkwater beyond what your thirst requires. This is the single most important recommendation I can make because lack of water is the single most frequent fatal flaw in the diet of almost every athlete I've studied or advised. Drink at least One Cup of water for every 50 pounds of body weight before you begin physical activity then drink at least One Cup of water for every 15 minutes of physical activity.
The amounts of muscle glycogen you store and the enzymes you manufacture to burn that glycogen efficiently will determine your level of endurance and performance in these sports.
The water and carbon dioxide your Krebs cycle produces the less fat it will produce. How can you encourage your own Krebs cycle to do this? Let me give you a helpful phrase to remember: fat burns in the flame of the carbohydrate.This principle really says that the kreb cycle can burn fat from your diet or around your stomach most efficiently and cleanly during physical activity only when there is enough carbohydrates present in the cycle at the same time.
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December 5, 2020First book I've come across that talks about the Krebs cycle.
March 17, 2015
A lot of good information about the combination nutrition/exercise. As the book was written in 1983, it's amazing to see that this is still so relevant thirty years later! Dr. Haas really started a revolution with this one.
This book is not only for athletes, but for everyone who does sport or wants to lose weight in a healthy way.
Lots of guided recipes so you don't have to be a brilliant cook and dietist at the same time.
This book is not only for athletes, but for everyone who does sport or wants to lose weight in a healthy way.
Lots of guided recipes so you don't have to be a brilliant cook and dietist at the same time.
March 3, 2015
Eat To Win was written by Dr. Robert Haas, a world-renowned health expert who counseled world-champion athletes including Ivan Lendl and Martina Navratilova. The author was one of the first to succinctly describe the importance of analyzing blood profiles to produce better health results through an appropriate diet and lifestyle changes. This program is easy to follow, flexible and brings results.
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February 16, 2009Great, healthy recipes that will help keep your energy levels very high.
March 9, 2010
I used this diet for competitive fencing. I am about to try it for general fitness
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