Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes or Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids

Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes

Author: Monique Ryan

Training for and participating in endurance events presents unique nutritional challenges. Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes equips you with cutting-edge nutrition advice to help improve your athletic performance. Sport specific guidelines provide nutrition recommendations for endurance athletes who participate in triathlon, cycling, mountain biking, cyclo-cross, swimming, distance running, cross-country skiing, and adventure racing. Indepth information is presented in an easy-to-read and accessible style, with individual chapters dedicated to these specific endurance sports. Monique Ryan designs a sports diet that is a foundation for the endurance athlete's good health and combines it with a fuller understanding of the building blocks of a balanced diet: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, along with fluid, vitamin, and mineral requirements. Nutrition guidelines for both training and competition are included, as well as detailed information on recovery nutrition. Learn how to assess body composition, and find healthy approaches to losing body fat and building muscle. A review of popular ergogenic aids and a section on meal planning tips, including shopping lists, will give you practical pointers. Appendixes include: gylcemic index of foods, facts about vitamins and minerals, a comparison of sports nutrition products and sample menus.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	vii
Part I	The Daily Training Diet: Building a Healthy Sports Nutrition Foundation	1
Chapter 1	Fluid First: Daily Hydration Essentials	3
Chapter 2	The Daily Training Diet: Making Food Choices for Optimal Performance and Good Health	13
Chapter 3	Nutrients for Optimal Performance	35
Part II	Training Nutrition: Fine-tuning Your Diet for Top Performance	55
Chapter 4	Eating for Optimal Recovery: A Balance of Supply and Demand	57
Chapter 5	Eating for Training and Competition: Timing Matters	89
Chapter 6	Creating the Optimal Training Diet: Meal Planning for Athletes	119
Chapter 7	Weight and Changing Body Composition: Becoming Lean and Strong	145
Chapter 8	Nutritional Ergogenic Aids: Separating Fact from Fiction	167
Part III	Sport Specific Nutrition Plans: How to Eat for Your Sport	191
Chapter 9	Nutrition for Triathlon	193
Chapter 10	Nutrition for Road Cycling, Mountain Biking, and Cyclo-cross	215
Chapter 11	Nutrition for Distance Running	237
Chapter 12	Nutrition for Swimming	253
Chapter 13	Nutrition for Cross-country Skiing	271
Chapter 14	Nutrition for Adventure Racing	285
	Appendixes
Appendix A	Glycemic Index of Foods	294
Appendix B	Facts about Vitamins and Minerals	296
Appendix C	Comparison of Sports Nutrition Products	300
Appendix D	Sample Menus	302
	Bibliography	309
	Index	315
	About the Author	325

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Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids: Third Edition

Author: Timothy E Wilens

Deciding whether to give your child medication for an emotional or behavioral problem is one of the toughest choices a parent can face. Will medication really help? How long will it be needed? The doctor may say it's perfectly safe-but what about the news stories about overuse and risks? From experienced child psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Wilens, this bestselling guide has already empowered many tens of thousands of parents to become active, informed managers of their children's care. Dr. Wilens explains how medications work; their impact on kids' emotions, personality, school performance, and health; the risks and benefits of widely used antidepressants; and much more.

The fully updated third edition details the latest advances in treating specific disorders-with significant new information on bipolar disorder and ADHD-and offers up-to-date answers to parents' frequently asked questions.

About the Author:
Timothy E. Wilens, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, specializes in pediatric and adult psychopharmacology in his clinical work at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is currently Director of Adolescent Substance Abuse Services