Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14596 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Synopsis
"Chris Carmichael's Food for Fitness" provides the nutritional information any active man or woman needs to achieve his or her health and training goals. Along the way, Carmichael outlines his revolutionary eating programme for everyone - from weekend warriors to those just trying to lose a few pounds and be fitter. Most diets focus on treating a problem, pitting nutrient against nutrient in a battle over what can be eaten. Active men and women need to think of food as fuel that enables them to achieve their goals. In this context, all nutrients play integral roles and the emphasis is on consuming the right foods, in the right proportions and at the right times, to yield the energy we need to perform at an optimal level.

Customer Reviews

The only sports nutrition book you'll ever need
For all athletes, but even more so for endurance athletes, nutrition is very important. Unfortunately, it is the aspect of performance that is most easily ignored.
This book will help you to redress this. It is written in a relaxed and easy to read manner, and is based on solid science and research. Chris Carmichael presents a very practical approach to nutrition. He explains how your nutritional demands vary throughout the year, and how best to get the carbs/protein/fat/minerals that you need in your daily diet.
Although it is written with definite cycling slant (he is after all Lance Armstrong's coach), it is applicable to all sports.
Perhaps the best chapter is the one that explains, in a good amount of detail, why 'fashion diets' like Atkins and the GI diet are not right for athletes. The other thing that makes this a truely practical book, rather than something to gather dust on the shelves, is the paragraph on 'Emergency nutrition' - what do do if you run out of energy in the middle of a workout (bonking for cyclists, hitting the wall for runners).
The only criticism (and why this didn't get 5 stars) is that the weights and measures used throughout are in the US system (more confusing than imperial), but it is possible to work past that. However, if you are serious about sport, then think seriously about getting this book.

good sense at last about eating and food
Very interesting read! Perhaps if more people, i.e non-sports types, read this on weight control before going on some diet or other then they would have more success at achieving there goals, as the fundamental science is laid out!