Coach Katrina Burton commented that much “garbage” nutrition information is circulated. Check her comment on this post, too.
She recommends these books:
Enter The Zone – by Barry Sears
Mastering the Zone – by Barry Sears
Toxic Fat – by Barry Sears
The Paleo Diet – by Loren Cordain
The Paleo Diet for Athletes – by Loren Cordain
Barry Sears is Ph.D. biochemist who has popularized the Zone diet:
The diet centers on a “40:30:30″ ratio of calories obtained daily from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, respectively.
Sears describes a Zone meal as follows: “Eat as much protein as the palm of your hand, as much nonstarchy raw vegetables as you can stand for the vitamins, enough carbohydrates to maintain mental clarity because the brain runs on glucose, and enough monounsaturated oils to keep feelings of hunger away.”
Amazon – The Zone
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A great website for some for INDEPTH information is:
http://robbwolf.com
Just a small warning… the information usually included there is VERY difficult for most people to understand.
If you are an elite athlete that does not need or want to lose weight… buy the Zone book. Do all the caculations and the double or triple your fat intake.
This stuff works, at least it does for me and my olymic weightlifters and track athletes. The liftres have to get into their weightclasses; this is sometimes very difficult to do, because they are dehydrated and tired when competition finally comes up. Since eating in the zone/paleo (read: avoid sugar and starch) this has become much less of a problem. It is great way to gain muscle mass without gaining bodyfat (up calorie intake) and it is also a great way to loose bodyfat while maintining the muscles (moderate calorie intake).
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