Fuel Your Body: How to Cook and Eat for Peak Performance: 77 Simple, Nutritious, Whole-Food Recipes for Every Athlete

by Angie Asche

Take your athletic performance to the next level with these nutritious, simple, and convenient recipes.

This new cookbook is an indispensable resource for athletes of all ages and experience levels. Fuel Your How to Cook and Eat for Peak 77 Simple, Nutritious, Whole-Food Recipes for Every Athlete is filled with nourishing recipes that are not only quick to prepare and simple enough for beginner home cooks, but don’t sacrifice flavor in the process. Whether you are an athlete at the elite level or a weekend warrior, the foods you put in your body have a direct impact on your overall health, performance, and recovery. This book compiles useful guidelines to sports nutrition and expertise from Angie Asche, a certified specialist in sports dietetics and founder of Eleat Nutrition, and can be used to help everyone reach their fitness goals through a whole-food and anti-inflammatory approach.

Whether you are a recreational half marathoner, the parent of a teenage athlete, or competing at a high level in your chosen sport, Fuel Your Body has recipes and meal plans to help you reach your full potential. This is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to educate themselves on both the nutrition necessary for optimal athletic performance and the simple recipes you can use to get there.

Genres: Cookbooks, Health

231 pages, Hardcover

Published May 11, 2021

Reviews

[Meagan | The Chapter House]

Great collection of recipes and meal plans. Well thought out and inspiring!

I first heard about the author when she came on board with Chris Hemsworth’s Centr app, and am excited to have this as an added resource and fresh set of recipes.

[Megan Herrman]

I really liked the intro as she gives a good perspective on fueling your body and why it's important to eat calories. I don't consider myself an athlete per say but I do exercise 6-7 days a week so by her definition I suppose I am. I like how she also makes a point to say there is more to food besides numbers and counting and there is a lot of culture and companionship involved as well. I wish she would have broken down macronutrients for the meal plan examples. And which macronutrients to decrease for the deficient for weight loss. The cooking section was so rudimentary it was almost ridiculous. Maybe I overestimate people but for example a paragraph on how to boil water? Lastly,
while she did include the nutrient information for all the recipes, they were at the end. It would have been easier to have them which each recipe. Overall this was a good intro to nutrition and I am excited to try some of the recipes.

[Collin Parks]

Having been in the fitness and nutrition world for a number of years, there was nothing new in terms of information for me. But this is an excellent intro for someone wanting to take control of their nutrition whether they're an athlete or not. The inclusion of recipes is especially helpful so a person starting their new nutrition routine isn't stumbling in the dark trying to apply the principles in the first few sections.

I'm also just a sucker for good recipe books.

[Rachel]

Great content but probably not enough information to really generate a meal plan for an athlete- at least calorie wise. I use precision nutrition to calculate my calorie and macro needs.
I like the smoothies. Some of the other recipes are bland. If you’re looking for a starting point or some tips on cooking healthy when pressed for time, this book will help.
My only real complaint is, where’s the beef??

[Jordan Lopez]

I didn’t love the recipes but the information provided in the first half was super informative. Particularly the note about dehydration and intratraining nutrition. I weighed myself before and after my workout and saw a 3lb difference and definitely felt the effects of dehydration.

[Peter]

Excellent book covering all the basics (Nutrition, Meal Planning, and Recipes). Gives the reader a good start in how to handle each area and also provides a good variety in all types of food for meal prep.

[Kate]

2021.110: Great cookbook focused on nutrition for athletes! Excited to try the clean-eating, simple recipes in January.

[Tiffany Smith]

These recipes are a delicious delight and you can definitely feel the energy boost. ✨️