The All-Pro Diet: Lose Fat, Build Muscle, and Live Like a Champion

by Tony Gonzalez and Mitzi Dulan

Book Overview

A perennial Pro-Bowler, NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez has been an unstoppable force for all of his 12 years in the NFL. But for a long time, he ate like an average American: red meat, pizza, fast food,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605299510
• ISBN13: 9781605299518
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Practical Advice..Finally!

I absolutely loved this book. Mitzi and Tony are a powerhouse combination filled with expertise that can be applied to anyone - from the most hardcore of athletes to moderate exercisers. This book plays on the evidence-based knowledge of a registered dietitian (the only regulated credential available for those providing nutrition advice) and an all star athlete. Both points of view - scientific background and practical application - allow for the most balanced approach to nutrition for performance out there. My favorite addition is the 17 All Pro Diet Principles. If you turn to any one page - THIS SHOULD BE IT! The tips are available in a quick, easy to digest format that hits every topic key to losing fat, building muscle, and living like a champion. After studying nutrition for four years, I have had to weed my way through the "junk" on the bookstore shelves from self-proclaimed nutrition experts. I can definitely recommend this book as the real deal! Katie Hamm Dietetic Intern, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ready to Revamp your Diet?

This book is great for anyone who is serious about revamping their diet and ready to start living healthfully. This diet is appropriate for anyone- from kids, to businesswomen to Pro Athletes. It is nutritionally sound (co-written with a Registered Dietitian) and provides recipes, nutrition info, meal plans, and exercise plans. This book advocates eating whole foods that are "as close to nature as possible." (It highly discourages fast food and highly processed foods.) It emphasizes making a lifestyle change for lifelong health, not a quick fad diet. The plan is, however, great for those wanting to lose weight. The diet is not about deprivation; in fact, you will likely feel more satisfied than ever before on this diet! In summary, I highly recommend this book for anyone who is serious about making a major diet and lifestyle change, now or at some point down the road, and is looking for one of the most healthy, wholesome diets possible.

"OK, this is working. I have so much more energy when I'm out there."

Tony Gonzalez, 80% Vegan NFL Player All Pro Tony Gonzolez and the KC Chief's Nutritionist, Mitzi Dulan collaborated on The All-Pro Diet: Lose Fat, Build Muscle, and Live Like a Champion. For years, Gonzalez ate red meat, pizza, fast food, "whatever was plentiful and convenient." Concerned about his health, Gonzolez changed his diet. The book describes his experiments in creating his new life style, and describes how it improved his already sterling record in the NFL. His diet emphasizes vegetables and grains, and limits animal protein to omega-3 rich fish, grass-fed chicken and meat, omega-3 enriched eggs, and some low-fat dairy. The authors also recommend a number of plant-based protein supplements. As a successful adopter of the South Beach life style (loss of 40 pounds and greatly improved blood levels over the past six months), I found the book a useful checklist of healthy foods and a source of new suggestions for improving an already good thing. I've discovered that regularly reading books on nutrition keeps my interest in healthy eating alive, and very importantly helps maintain my weight. A few of the useful ideas I found in Gonzales's book: The Top 10 Best Foods (in no particular order); my addenda in brackets: 1. Blueberries [and blackberries] 2. Broccoli [and broccoli sprouts] 3. Legumes [and Beano!] 4. Oats [steel cut oatmeal and/or oat bran] 5. Oranges 6. Spinach [kale and especially Swiss chard] 7. Sweet potatoes 8. Tomatoes 9. Walnuts 10. Wild salmon [and lower on the food chain with less mercury, sardines] [I would replace oranges with chia seeds on this list, a wonderfully healthy food; Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs is a useful introduction to this nutritious food. The Cleveland Clinic publishes a similar list of the 40 "Best" foods for heart health.] All-Pro Snack Ideas One whole wheat pita with two tablespoons of hummus 14 cup walnuts or almonds Ten baby carrots [or several celery stalks] with three tablespoons of hummus 13 cup guacamole with 12 multi-grain or sweet potato tortilla chips For folks who don't want to make their own snacks, Gonzales recommends several commercial snacks, including: Raw Revolution LÄRABAR CLIF Nectar YouBar Gnu Bar PURE Bar Prana Bar Zing Bar A couple of cautions: energy bars change their ingredients from time to time; it pays to learn how to read the ingredient list on the energy bar on offer and avoid those bars with high levels of simple sugar which will quickly raise your blood sugar levels and make you hungry in a hour or so. And, as a South Beach devotee, I've been shocked at the list of ingredients on the Kraft South Beach energy bars - they are high in fiber but contain a great deal of sugar - none of them are really "permitted" according to the principles laid out in Dr. Agaston's books. Gonzales is a believer in smoothies, and one of his favorites is a cup of hemp milk with 34 of a frozen banana. A fancier example is called Mizi's Berrylicious Smoothie

Very informative!

The All-Pro Diet is such a great book! It's really informative, and written in a way that is easy for anyone to understand. Also, you don't have to be a big athlete to benefit from the recommendations in this book; these tips can be applied to anyone! The recipes all look great: chocolate nut butter smoothie, lentil soup with apricots, acai quinoa dessert -- yum! Knowing that this information comes from an RD and a professional athlete really puts my mind to ease about following it!

Awesome Book

I have been waiting for this book for a year now,and I was not disappointed! As a strength coach I am always looking for ways to improve the performance of my athletes on the field and on the court.This book has it.No fluff just the real stuff! Mitzi Dulan has guided me on how to have my high school athletes eat on game day and how to eat better to perform at a higher level than most high school athletes. Coaches do your self and your team a huge favor buy the book.It takes all the guess work out of what to eat and when to eat it.Mitzi also has a DVD out that is very helpful as well. Joe Hallman C.B South Strength coach Doylestown,Pa