The vegetarian sports nutrition guide: peak performance for beginners to gold medalists

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"This book combines the unique demands of sports with a healthy vegetarian diet that can help you build energy and endurance and reduce body fat. Whether you are carbo-loading before a marathon or fine-tuning nutrition to get the most out of your workout, registered dietitian and elite vegetarian athlete Lisa Dorfman provides step-by-step information on how to customize your own sport-specific nutrition program and calculate a personal dietary plan for training and competition."--Jacket. Plant-based sports engine -- Nutrition prescription for sport: calculating energy needs -- Carbohydrates: the sports nutrition base -- Protein: the fitness powerhouse -- Fat talk -- Thirst quenchers -- The athlete's lab: vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals -- Supplementing the sports machine -- Plant-based diets: making the transition -- Competition time: plant-based diets in action.