Description
Dive into the exciting new field of performance nutrition and get a complete, comprehensive look at your body’s physiology. Drawing on cutting-edge research, Professor Michael Ormsbee, Ph.D., offers diet and exercise recommendations to help you meet your needs and reach your goals — regardless of sex, age or fitness level.
Overview
Syllabus
- Body Composition: Managing Our Expectations
- A Healthier Way to Measure Body Composition
- How Food Is Digested & Absorbed
- Nutritional Needs & Cellular Function
- Bioenergetics: Converting Food to Energy
- Carbohydrates: Composition, Storage & Use
- Fat: Not the Nutritional Bad Guy
- Protein's Critical Role in Body Composition
- High-Protein Diets & Anabolic Resistance
- Critical Micronutrients & Water
- Food Labeling & Nutritional Choices
- Nutrient Timing & Frequency
- Nighttime Eating
- Evaluating Dietary Supplements
- Energy Balance & Weight Control
- The Caloric Cost of Exercise
- Exercise for Fat Loss
- Exercise for Healthy Muscle Mass
- Hormones & Body Composition
- Novel Ways to Change Body Composition
- Nutrition & Exercise: Special Needs
- Set Point Theory & the Last Five Pounds
- Choosing Your Nutrition Plan
- Motivation to Change Your Body Composition
