Nutrition and the Female Athlete

Nutrition and the Female Athlete
Author: Jamie S. Ruud
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1996-08-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780849379178

Whether you exercise for fun, or in competitive situations, you should understand the important role nutrition plays in fitness. This useful new text focuses on nutrition as it specifically relates to female athletes. It addresses topics of major importance to women in sports, coaches, trainers, sports nutritionists, and physicians. Each chapter is a "mini-course" on a particular aspect of nutrition. Subjects include the nutritional practices of female athletes; the requirements for carbohydrates, proteins, and fats; details on vitamins and minerals, with special emphasis on the nutrients of importance to female athletes; the role of water and electrolytes, including prevention of dehydration and guidelines for optimal fluid replacement; body weight and composition; factors affecting energy balance; how to achieve a healthy competitive weight, and an overview of eating disorders in athletes, including definitions and diagnostic criteria, prevalence, risk factors, and effects on health and performance.

Nutrition and the Female Athlete

Nutrition and the Female Athlete
Author: Katherine A. Beals
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2013-01-29
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1439849382

Designed to address the nutritional needs of women over the age of 18 who partake in sports on a regular basis, Nutrition and the Female Athlete: From Research to Practice highlights nutritional concerns specific to active women. It discusses the link between nutrition and athletic performance and translates research into practical applications for health, fitness, and nutrition professionals. The book addresses gender differences in substrate utilization and the implications for how these differences might translate into different macronutrient requirements for female athletes. It covers vitamins and minerals that are often lacking in the diets of female athletes and presents special considerations for individuals with disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction, and low bone-mineral density.

ROAR

ROAR
Author: Stacy T. Sims, PhD
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1623366879

“Dr. Sims realizes that female athletes are different than male athletes and you can’t set your race schedule around your monthly cycle. ROAR will help every athlete understand what is happening to her body and what the best nutritional strategy is to perform at her very best.”—Evie Stevens, Olympian, professional road cyclist, and current women’s UCI Hour record holder Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. Because most nutrition products and training plans are designed for men, it’s no wonder that so many female athletes struggle to reach their full potential. ROAR is a comprehensive, physiology-based nutrition and training guide specifically designed for active women. This book teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition, hydration, and training to your unique physiology so you can work with, rather than against, your female physiology. Exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, shows you how to be your own biohacker to achieve optimum athletic performance. Complete with goal-specific meal plans and nutrient-packed recipes to optimize body composition, ROAR contains personalized nutrition advice for all stages of training and recovery. Customizable meal plans and strengthening exercises come together in a comprehensive plan to build a rock-solid fitness foundation as you build lean muscle where you need it most, strengthen bone, and boost power and endurance. Because women’s physiology changes over time, entire chapters are devoted to staying strong and active through pregnancy and menopause. No matter what your sport is—running, cycling, field sports, triathlons—this book will empower you with the nutrition and fitness knowledge you need to be in the healthiest, fittest, strongest shape of your life.

Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook

Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook
Author: Nancy Clark
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1492583685

Boost your energy, manage stress, build muscle, lose fat, and improve your performance. The best-selling nutrition guide is now better than ever! Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook will help you make the right choices in cafes, convenience stores, drive-throughs, and your own kitchen. Whether you’re preparing for competition or simply eating for an active lifestyle, let this leading sports nutritionist show you how to get maximum benefit from the foods you choose and the meals you make. You’ll learn what to eat before and during exercise and events, how to refuel for optimal recovery, and how to put into use Clark’s family-friendly recipes and meal plans. You’ll find the latest research and recommendations on supplements, energy drinks, organic foods, fluid intake, popular diets, carbohydrate and protein intake, training, competition, fat reduction, and muscle gain. Whether you’re seeking advice on getting energized for exercise or improving your health and performance, Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook has the answers you can trust.

Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman

Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman
Author: Maria A. Fiatarone Singh
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2000-04-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1420042327

Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman: Wellness for Women Over Fifty is a comprehensive guide to the major wellness issues for women over fifty. The author is a physician who explores diet, exercise and lifestyle choices from a medical perspective. The book assists in the design and implementation of programs to optimize good health and quality o

Sports Nutrition

Sports Nutrition
Author: Christine Karpinski
Publisher: American Dietetic Association
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Athletes
ISBN: 9780880919753

This long-standing and renowned reference for both the seasoned and novice sports dietitian thoroughly explores all areas of nutrition for sports and fitness. Now in full colour, it also serves as an excellent text for sports nutrition courses and a study aid for the CSSD specialty exam.

Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women

Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women
Author: Anthony C. Hackney
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-11-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319445588

It is well-established, through extensive peer-reviewed published research, that physical activity and exercise training can impact the reproductive endocrine system of women. This ground-breaking, comprehensive title presents a range of unique insights into the opposite question: how the reproductive endocrine system of women affects their exercise ability. More precisely, the thematic question explored in this work is: if exercise affects reproductive hormones, conversely then could the reproductive hormones have physiological effects unrelated to reproduction that influence the capacity of women to exercise? In exploring this question, the goal is to better understand the unique physiology of women and whether female sex hormones might account for some of the variance in physiological performance between amenorrheic and eumenorrheic women, and within women across the age span as they experience menarche to menopause. Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women: Scientific and Clinical Aspects synthesizes the research by exploring the physiology and psychology behind these occurrences. This novel title will not only be of interest to researchers, exercise scientists, graduate students, and clinicians; it will also serve as a source of valuable information for female athletes and their trainers in the context of preparing for competitions.

Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance

Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance
Author: Melinda Manore
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2009
Genre: Athletes
ISBN: 073605295X

The authors sort fact from fiction to help students and practitioners of sports nutrition present sound advice to athletes on correct nutrition and dietary requirements.

The New Power Eating

The New Power Eating
Author: Kleiner, Susan
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2018
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1492567264

The New Power Eating delivers a science-based nutrition plan that explains what to eat and when and how to customize your diet for your physique, performance, and energy needs. This is the authoritative guide for adding muscle and cutting fat.

Power Eating-4th Edition

Power Eating-4th Edition
Author: Susan Kleiner
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1450430171

More than a sports nutrition book, Power Eating is a scientific blueprint for helping strength and power athletes achieve superior performance. All chapters and meal plans in this updated edition reflect the latest research to enable competitive and novice athletes to gain power, reduce body fat, build muscle, tighten mental focus, and enhance training.