The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide: Peak Performance for Everyone from Beginners to Gold Medalists
Few segments of the population are more mindful of their food intake than athletes and vegetarians. 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 The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide includes personal stories of athletes who have made the switch to vegetarian diets from football players and wrestlers to ice skaters and marathoners, some of whom have beaten life-threatening illnesses with the help of this lifestyle.
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Book details
- Author
- Lisa Dorfman
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 290
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Diet & Nutrition › Nutrition
- Topics
- vegetarian diet · plant-based eating · athletic performance · endurance training · meal planning · body composition
- ISBN-13
- 9780471348085 (Paperback)9781630262396 (Hardcover)
About the author
LISA DORFMAN, known professionally as The Running Nutritionist®, is a Miami-based registered dietitian, licensed nutritionist, licensed mental health counselor, and certified sports dietitian who has authored eight books. Her books include Legally Lean: Sports Nutrition Strategies for Optimal Health & Performance and The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide.
Dorfman is a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and served as nutritionist to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
When she’s not writing, Dorfman maintains a global integrative culinary, sports, and nutrition practice, consulting to Olympic, professional, collegiate, and youth athletes across more than 20 sports. Her work draws directly on her experience as a competitive marathoner and triathlete.
Lisa lives in Miami, Florida.