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Eat Smart, Play Hard: Customized Food Plans for All Your Sports and Fitness Pursuits | 
 enlarge | Author: Liz Applegate
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 382781
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1579543448
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9781579543440
ASIN: 1579543448
Publication Date: July 1, 2001
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Product Description
Get the Power You Need-- When You Need It!If you play sports or exercise regularly, you need to eat differently than the average Jane of Joe. You need to fuel up with foods that maximize your effort and minimize your recovery time. You need to know how much to eat and when, which is why you need the cutting-edge advice and programs offered in Eat Smart, Play Hard.Exciting advances in sports nutrition have made fueling for exercise easier and more fun. Research now shows that many delicious foods-- chocolate and steak, to name just two-- can boost performance as well as fight disease. Expert nutritionist Liz Applegate, Ph.D., tells you exactly what to eat before, during, and after your hard play to achieve the most powerful fitness results possible. You'll also discover:* The most effective ways to trim fat and build muscle* 41 natural superfoods that pack the biggest health advantage* The latest on sports drinks, energy bars, and gels, along with a comparison of brands* Which popular nutritional supplements work, and which ones don't* Detailed diet plans tailored to your sport of choice-- cycling, golf, or runningToday, a growing number of active people are exercising for fitness and fun. To get the most out of your workouts, you need the right fuel at the right time. You need Eat Smart, Play Hard.
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 Great info on supplements! June 5, 2002
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I thought I already knew every thing there was to know about eating right and exercising--until I read Eat Smart, Play Hard. I was amazed by how much new information and recearch has come out recently, just in the past few years. Applegate does a great job of highlighting the latest, most important eating strategies in an easy-to-read and understand format. I particularly liked her information on supplements. Her tips helped me to improve my running times, as well as my endurance in other sports such as cycling and hiking. This is a must-read.
 don't waste your money on this one April 26, 2002
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I agree with others who have said this book is just too simplistic. I am not an expert but consider myself to be very knowledgeable in the area of nutrition and sports nutrition. This book did not offer anything I did not already know and in my opinion it has close to nothing to offer athletes. Liz Applegate writes a column for Runners World magazine in which she shares alot of useful information, unfortunatly she seems to have left it all out of this book. I usually do not write such poor reviews however I read runners world monthly and do not feel that the book deserves the "hype" it has recieved.
 Good advice for the super jock February 23, 2002
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book, while probably good, is for the person getting 3-4 hours of heavy exercise per day. I found some good hints, but this is not applicable for the average person.
Not much scientific background, but some useful information February 14, 2002
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I was looking for some help in tayloring my food regimen better to the type of exercise I did in different periods. The title and description of the book gave me the idea that it would deliver to me exactly what i was looking for. But I was quite disappointed. I have read several nutrition/health books, so I have quite some data, I was just looking for something that would help me give the finishing touch, the "taylor-made" touch to an otherwise good food regimen. What I found was a lot of common knowledge-type info, things that you most likely already know if you attend the gym or run regularly. Since the author is someone with a background in nutrition/fitness, I was expecting more. I was expecting in-depth info of what is needed in terms of nutrients when practicing a specific sport as opposed to another one, while I found that this book contained also some falsehoods and suggestions that are not necessarily healthy. The meal plans are too much carbohydrate-based so they won't be of much help to someone who is exercising also for weightloss and for people who are sugar-sensitive (and there are a lot), but it's also non-optimal for any fitness enthusiast who wants to keep healthy through exercise. The author does make distinctions between sports and acivities and puts the emphasis on special nutritional needs for some sports, and you can find some useful data on this aspect, and that's why I gave it 2 stars and not 1.
An extremely useful book January 31, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in improving their performance through diet. In one week of following the meal plans I was running faster, harder and had none of the aches or pains that had been plaguing me for months previous. I found her advice to be realistic and down-to-earth (especially regarding chocolate)and the meal plans filled with variety I had been missing out on. She covers crucial things for all athletes, such as proper hydration and recovery foods, as well as how many calories you should be taking in daily. In short, she covers all the bases in this one and it's well worth the money spent. And if you think you already know it all, then you especially need to buy this book.
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