Real fit kitchen
Subtitle: fuel your body, improve energy and increase strength with every meal
By: Tara Mardigan, R.D. and Kate Weiler, C.H.C.
Contributors: Weiler, Kate
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781592336906
Subjects: Functional foods; Cooking (Natural foods); Health
Description: Upgrade your performance and diet. Get real and break free from the packaged bars and powders. Admit it, your idea of sports nutrition needs an upgrade. Are you still reaching for low-fat cheese sticks and peanut butter bagels for pre-event meals? Let's get real and break free from the packaged bars and powders. Active people, fitness lovers and athletes need practical guidance and proper knowledge about nutrition. 'Real fit kitchen' is just what you're craving. Nutrition experts Tara Mardigan and Kate Weiler prove that the foods, supplements and beverages, that many think are aiding performance, are actually hindering and can be easily replaced with healthy, real, clean food. For example: instead of consuming chemical-laden and performance-hindering additives in packaged recovery drinks, make your own performance-boosting chocolate protein recovery drink; replace liver-damaging pain-relief medications that dehydrate and disrupt electrolyte absorption, try a tart cherry juice smoothie; substitute peanut butter laden with inflammatory trans fat and added sugar for muscle-rebuilding pecan cashew maca butter. More nutritious than store bought products, 'Real fit kitchen' provides 100 healthy meals, snacks, smoothies, and more, including new ingredients (like performance-enhancing raw cacao, turmeric, and chlorella) to upgrade anyone's diet. Learn to make more efficient, cost-effective meals that your whole family will eat. Enjoy natural food, and replace sports nutrition unhealthy products that do not properly sustain an active lifestyle with delicious and easy recipes that the whole family will love.
Notes: "Ditch the protein powders, energy drinks, supplements, and more with healthy, homemade alternatives"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Upgrade your pantry; title: How to use this book; title: Food swaps; title: Breakfast; title: Lunch and dinner; title: Snacks and portables; title: Salads and vegetables; title: Dressings, marinades, dips and spreads; title: Desserts; title: Beverage swaps; title: Sports drinks, energy drinks, and juices; title: Smoothies and milks; title: Replacing supplements and pills; title: Anti-inflammatories.