Sports Nutrition: The Awful Truth

By Mark Baugh

This book is for athletes (and others interested in building a strong, beautiful body) who are tired of reading conflicting information about nutrition and supplements. They are weary of self-proclaimed nutritionist, overzealous health food salesmen, and sports nutrition advertising hype that tells them what they need to consume to perform their best. Parents of young athletes also want to know the scientific skinny on those popular, expensive (and sometimes dangerous) sports nutrition supplements. Are they necessary?Sports Nutrition: The Awful Truth offers the scientific facts about how an athlete's body really uses food. Readers will learn what they need to know about Sports Nutrition, including in-depth information aboutProtein -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- WaterThey will understand the tremendously important concepts of Exercise Physiology that will help the athlete

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568250428
• ISBN13: 9781568250427
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Rainbow Books
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

A book for everyone!

A wonderful and extensive collection, on a wealth of topics relating to personal nutrition, and fitness. What I liked most about this book, is the wonderful layout, it has diagrams, pictures, boarders, and so much more! Dr. Baugh has obviously done extensive research into sports nutrition, and this is a book EVERYONE should have. There is nothing being sold, no off the wall ideas, Its just a book of information that can help even the most seasoned body builder.A Wonderful book, superbly written, and easy to understand.

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Really interesting information on diet and other nutritional

I have enjoyed readind this book, It has really offered me more information on how important it is to maintain a healthy diet.And to keep in shape, Well recommended

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I would like to know if the author has any more titles to his name..

A timely, good-sense book

It's about time someone exposed the "Awful Truth" about so many over-the-counter potions and preparations that do so little good, if any, in helping to build strong bodies in men and women. Dr. Baugh's book "Sports Nutrition: The Awful Truth" blasts the assumption that just by ingesting certain special concoctions that are readily available in some health-food stores, one can build up the body so it can run faster, lift heavier weight, or grow muscle more easily. According to the biography on the book cover, Dr. Baugh is a credible, highly-educated, expert on nutrition, and is a Clinical Pharmacist, with training and experience in biological science, cell physiology, chemistry, and nutrition science. He maintains that simply getting proper nutrition in your diet, plus vigorous exercise, is the secret to building a really fit body, and at a much lower cost than taking high-priced, overly-touted, preparations that have little or no benefit. Dr Baugh describes how the vitamins and minerals really work in the body, and that metabolism gets elevated after 20 minutes of continuous exercise, and remains elevated long after exercise stops. The photograph of Dr. Baugh's 50+ year-old really-great body, shown on the back cover of this book, remarkably testifies to the fact that the regimin of good nutrition and proper exercise has worked for him to produce fantastic results. I highly recommend this amazing, good-sense, perhaps controversial book.