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With over 500,000 copies sold, Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook has become the all-time best selling sports nutrition guide.

The Fourth Edition was published in April 2008.

Here’s some of the new information in this edition:

Amenorhea – new calorie guidelines to prevent or resolve
American Heart Association’s new Dietary Guidelines
Anti-aging information
Arthritis
Body building issues
Body Mass Index
Carbohydrates during exercise
Celiac disease/gluten-free diets
Children, helpiing your overfat child lose weight
Chocolate as health food myth
Eating disorders: healing mantras and affirmations
Energy drinks
Engineered sports foods—whole new chapter

Pre-competition eating for athletes who are “make weight”
Fast food, healthy suggestions
Fish, mercury in, and safe limits
Fluids, ACSM's new 2007 Position Stand on Fluids
Food Pyramid, new
Gender differences with weight reduction
Green tea
Glycemic Index, new info
High Fructose Corn Syrup, liquid calories
Hyponatremia, information on how to prevent
Immune function, information about supplements
Intestinal problems, how to manage

Muscles, how to optimize muscular growth
Organic food information
Portion plates for weight loss
Protein, new information
Magnesium / muscle cramps
Menopause and managing midlife weight gain
Olive oil—anti-inflammatory benefits
Protein supplements
Recipes for weight gain shakes
Recovery from exercise, information updated
Refueling aggressively after having “made weight”

Sleep, importance for weight reduction and control
Training with low glycogen stores, competing with high
Vitamin D
Websites for additional information
Weight gainers, info on commercial products
Weight loss words of wisdom from clients
Whole grains to reduce risk of heart disease
Yogurt, probiotics
Topics commmomnly of interest to specific audiences—

Men: strategies for how to gain weight healthfully, protein recommendations, recovery ideas, quick and easy recipes

Women: how to lose weight and have energy to exercise; how to tame the cookie monster; the health dangers of amenorrhea and how to reverse the problem; how to help your friend who struggles with food, weight & disordered eating; menopause and midlife weight gain

Aging: eating plans that invest in good health and high energy; how to fuel well so you'll enjoy exercise for the rest of your life; how to recover faster from workouts; American Heart Association’s new Dietary Guidelines

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• navigate your way healthfully through grocery stores, restaurants, food courts, and even your own kitchen, with numerous food suggestions and sample meal plans. You'll find more than 70 recipes for healthful, tasty foods that are quick and easy to prepare.
  
• eat well on a day-to-day basis -- even when you are coping with a stressful lifestyle -- and get the maximum benefit from the foods you choose, with sample eating plans that show you how to fuel for specific workouts.
  
• eat well before games or tournaments and, just as important, refuel well afterward for optimal recovery.
  
• decipher current food, diet, and supplement options and understand which are best -- and why -- based on your individual energy needs.
  
• overcome food and weight obsessions.
  
• lose undesired body fat while maintaining energy for exercise.

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How Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook is Organized

PART I Day to Day Eating for Active People
1. Building Your Balanced Diet
2. Eating to Stay Healthy in the Long Run
3. Breakfast: The Key to a Successful Sports Diet
4. Lunch and Dinner: At Home and On the Run
5. Snacks and Snack Attacks
6 Carbohydrate to Fuel
7. Protein to Build and Repair Muscles
8. Fluids to Replace Sweat Losses

PART II The Science of Eating for Sports Success
9. Fueling Before Exercise
10. Refueling During and After Exercise
11. Supplements and Commercial Sports Foods
12. Age-Specific Nutritional Needs

PART III Balancing Weight and Activity
13. Your Body: Fat, Fit, or Fine?
14. Adding Bulk, Not Fat
15. Losing Weight Without Starvation
16. Dieting Gone Awry: Eating Disorders and Food Obsessions

PART IV Winning Recipes for Peak Performance
17. Breads and Breakfasts
18. Pasta, Rice, and Potatoes
19. Vegetables and Salads
20. Chicken and Turkey
21. Fish and Seafood
22. Beef and Pork
23. Beans and Tofu
24. Beverages and Smoothies
25. Snacks and Desserts

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