The paleo diet for athletes
Subtitle: the ancient nutritional formula for peak athletic performance
By: Loren Cordain and Joe Friel
Contributors: Friel, Joe
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781609619350; 9781609619176
Subjects: High-protein diet; Prehistoric peoples; Athletes; Nutrition
Description: Learn to fuel your body for optimal athletic performance with the foods your body was designed to eat. By studying the diets of both our ancestors and today's top athletes, the authors show how runners, cyclists, swimmers, triathletes, and endurance athletes can make simple changes to their diets for big results.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: The diet revolution; title: Stage I: eating before exercise; title: Stage II: eating during exercise; title: Stages III, IV, and V: eating after exercise; title: Food as fuel during exercise; title: Fitness and food; title: Overtraining and diet; title: Why eat like a caveman?; title: The 21st-century paleo diet; title: The paleolithic athlete: the original cross-trainer; title: The training table; title: Paleo recipes.