Fuel your body like an Olympian. Any fitness enthusiast can learn how to better fuel their body to give them the energy they need for workouts and daily activities.
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August 20, 2004 -- Nutrition for the Long Run
By Heidi Smith - Sport Dietitian

Fuel your body like an Olympian. Any fitness enthusiast can learn how to better fuel their body to give them the energy they need for workouts and daily activities.

Nutrition for the Long Run provides sound, science-based, easy to follow nutrition advice for runners, walkers and active individuals. Reviewed by Sport Physicians, Sport Psychologists, Exercise Physiologists and Athletes, this handbook contains sound sports nutrition advice.

This book answers questions such as:
•What to eat before an event to achieve peak performance
•How to eat during exercise and endurance events
•What foods are best for recovery

Readers will learn how to make high-performance foods fit into their overall eating pattern, with advice on meal timing and balance. The book provides advice on what, when and how much to eat and drink for all types of exercise.

This handbook includes:
•Strategies to develop an eating plan for every level of athlete and every lifestyle, including “on the go” eating advice
•Ways to reduce body fat by increasing metabolism
•Advice for timing and balance of carbohydrates, proteins and fats

This handbook appeals to any level of nutrition interest, is easy to understand and quick to read. Chock full of ideas and recipes for snacks and fast meals that readers can use right away. The new edition includes an updated review of sport drinks, bars and fast-food restaurants to help readers learn to make healthier choices when on the go. This popular book has become the quick reference of sport nutrition for people who compete or just want to improve their overall health.

Heidi Smith shares her years of experience and expertise with readers of this handbook. As a Sport Dietitian, she specializes in helping all levels of fitness enthusiasts achieve top performance and better health. She is well known to the athletic community and has worked with some of Canada’s top athletes to develop power nutrition plans. Heidi is also known as an accomplished speaker and travels across Canada, sharing her practical approach to healthy eating and sport nutrition.

Nutrition for the Long Run
ISBN 1-894933-55-9
$14.95 Canadian
$10.95 US

For more information or to contact the author:
www.heidismithnutrition.com

To order the book:
www.volpub.com
1-888-571-2665




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