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The Paleo Diet for Athletes: A Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance |  | Authors: Loren Cordain, Joe Friel
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1656
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1594860890
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.282
EAN: 9781594860898
ASIN: 1594860890
Publication Date: September 23, 2005
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Product Description
Loren Cordain, Ph.D., follows his success of The Paleo Diet with the first book ever to detail the exercise-enhancing effects of a diet similar to that of our Stone Age ancestors.
When The Paleo Diet was published, advocating a return to the diet of our ancestors (high protein, plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables), the book received brilliant reviews from the medical and nutritional communities. Jennie Brand-Miller, coauthor of the bestselling Glucose Revolution, called it "without a doubt the most nutritious diet on the planet." Doctors Michael and Mary Dan Eades, authors of Protein Power, said, "We can't recommend The Paleo Diet highly enough."
Now Dr. Cordain joins with USA triathlon and cycling elite coach Joe Friel to adapt the Paleo Diet to the needs of athletes. The authors show:
o Why the typical athletic diet (top-heavy with grains, starches, and refined sugars) is detrimental to recovery, performance, and health
o How the glycemic load and acid-base balance impact performance
o Why consumption of starches and simple sugars is only beneficial in the immediate post-exercise period
At every level of competition, The Paleo Diet for Athletes can maximize performance in a range of endurance sports.
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 Must read for serious athletes March 15, 2010
Scott J. Harres (St. Louis, MO USA)
This is a must read if you are even halfway serious about your training. Geared mainly towards endurance/distance athletes, this book is very informative and the authors do a good job of breaking down the complex science and chemistry involved and putting it on an understandable level. The theory and research expressed in this book is on the cutting edge of elite training, so expect some of your preconceived notions of what an endurance athlete should be consuming to be blown to bits.
After reading this book and putting it into practice, I have personally seen my health improve and I am able to recover quicker after tough workouts. Thus, I'm improving!
Good guide for better nutrition for cyclists February 3, 2010
John M. Boudry (Wisconsin)
As an avid cyclist, I found this book to be very helpful in improving the nutritional aspect of my training. I did not read the precursor book by co-author Cordain, so I found the information regarding the Paleo Diet and basic nutrition to be very helpful as well. There are also many recipes in the the last section of the book to help someone transition (myself included) to this diet.
I would certainly recommend this book to athletes looking to better incorporate nutrition into their training.
Good book on Palep Diet December 20, 2009
W. Riddle (Lewiston, ME)
This book gives a good overview of the Paleo Diet. One thing to note is the "for Athletes" part is aimed at endurance athletes. Still good suggestions for all athletes can be found in this book.
 Regurgitation of bad conventional wisdom under the guise of paleo December 17, 2009
D. Grant (WA)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book makes a lot of claims that aren't true. First and foremost, it is not paleo. It recommends a diet that is extremely out of whack in the macro-nutrient sense with that of paleo. Second, it purports that it is based on science and experience. The science piece of that claim is non-existent, and the experience portion is circumstantial (or anecdotal) evidence in support of their arguement. Third, it sets up contradictory advice for recovery. Fourth, it is extremely painful to read not just because it constantly passes opinion off as science, but because it talks down to the reader the whole time. Lastly, it defines "athlete" as endurance sportspersons.
1. Not paleo. Sure it tells you to eat a version paleo during the times when you aren't "training" (aka work out or exercise), but most people reading this book work out on a very regular basis. It also recommends that you prepare for exercise and immediately following an exercise by carb-loading. The carbs it chooses are very often not paleo - bars, sports drinks, grains, and legumes. In essence, if you work out every day, 2 out of 3 meals in a day would not be paleo. Even if you only work out 3 days a week, which is pretty much the bottom line if you are an "athlete," that is still 6 meals minimum a week that are heavily un-paleo. Why even bother calling yourself paleo at that point?
2. Science and experience. It makes claims, like "stay away from all that bad artery clogging saturated fat." I know a lot of people believe that claim, but that claim is not based on science, it is based on two epidemiological studies from the early to mid 1900's that cherry picked their data. There has never been any proven connection between cholesterol and heart disease. They never find a reasonable link between the two when they do clinical trials. By the way, Paleolithic people ate saturated fat. This is just one of the examples of this book pawning off opinion as science. As far as experience - Friel does have a lot of endurance experience. However, there are plenty of athletes who are in better total shape who eat paleo the whole time or who even fast for intense workouts. I know several first hand who switched away from the books suggestions to strict paleo and seen enormous results. In both Friel's and my case this is anecdotal evidence to support the claim, and shouldn't be used as proof that either works.
3. Recovery advice. Make sure you eat lots of protein, but all the protein has a high amount of acidity and you shouldn't eat any food that is acidic to recover. Make sure you get the base alkalines in there too, but to counteract the acidity of the majority of foods you need to eat, you need to consume unrealistic amounts of the alkalines. I could keep going in circles based on the advice, but I think 2 examples will do.
4. Talks down. "Optimize Performance. This is a big one." No kidding, huh? "All athletes are susceptible to inflammation of muscles and tendons" Really? I had no idea. By the way all those carbs they tell you to eat, promote inflammation.
5. Athletes. It bothers me that they define athlete as endurance sportsperson. There are soooo many other types of athletes that they never address. Sure you can make up some sort of variation and apply it to your sport, but then why'd I buy the book? I'd rather have specific advice from experts (not that I consider the advice in this book "expert") than make my own. Not that I consider the advice in this book "expert", it's just more regurgitated bad conventional wisdom that we've all heard - carb load, look out for saturated fat, etc. [...]
great and on time! October 20, 2009
Antonio P. Faciola (Madison, Wisconsin - USA)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
it was in great conditions and was quickly delivered. all I expect when buying a book. thanks!
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