Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner's Nutrition
Every athlete, especially runners, knows that deciding what to eat is one of the most important—and most complex—choices that he or she has to make in order to guarantee optimum performance. How much should you eat, when should you eat, and what foods should you eat are just some of the larger questions that an active athlete frequently ponders. How do you know what’s the right choice? That’s where sports dietitian and competitive runner Jackie Dikos’s Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner’s Nutrition comes in. Part cookbook, part nutritional guide, Finish Line Fueling helps you get the most out of what you eat.
Recipes are divided into helpful sections that include not just the traditional meals of breakfast, lunch, and dinner but also pre-activity snacks, post-workout recovery nibbles, racing fuel, and carbo-loading meals for intense activity. Mouthwatering morsels such as Sweet Potato Avocado Deviled Eggs, Buckwheat-Oat Granola, High Heat Roast Beef, Vegan Pinto Bean Burgers, Wild Rice and Mushroom Pilaf, and Cilantro-Lime Burrito Bowl are just a few of the dozens of yummy and nutrient-packed recipes included here. Additionally, every recipe includes a helpful breakdown of the number of calories, fat grams, grams of fiber, grams of protein, and vitamin-types that it provides, as well as strategies to modify the recipe based on your age, gender, and performance goals.
With additional sections on getting the most nutrients from your diet, foods to avoid, and the best food pairings, Finish Line Fueling is essential reading for every runner.
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Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner's Nutrition
Every athlete, especially runners, knows that deciding what to eat is one of the most important—and most complex—choices that he or she has to make in order to guarantee optimum performance. How much should you eat, when should you eat, and what foods should you eat are just some of the larger questions that an active athlete frequently ponders. How do you know what’s the right choice? That’s where sports dietitian and competitive runner Jackie Dikos’s Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner’s Nutrition comes in. Part cookbook, part nutritional guide, Finish Line Fueling helps you get the most out of what you eat.
Recipes are divided into helpful sections that include not just the traditional meals of breakfast, lunch, and dinner but also pre-activity snacks, post-workout recovery nibbles, racing fuel, and carbo-loading meals for intense activity. Mouthwatering morsels such as Sweet Potato Avocado Deviled Eggs, Buckwheat-Oat Granola, High Heat Roast Beef, Vegan Pinto Bean Burgers, Wild Rice and Mushroom Pilaf, and Cilantro-Lime Burrito Bowl are just a few of the dozens of yummy and nutrient-packed recipes included here. Additionally, every recipe includes a helpful breakdown of the number of calories, fat grams, grams of fiber, grams of protein, and vitamin-types that it provides, as well as strategies to modify the recipe based on your age, gender, and performance goals.
With additional sections on getting the most nutrients from your diet, foods to avoid, and the best food pairings, Finish Line Fueling is essential reading for every runner.
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Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner's Nutrition

Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner's Nutrition

by Jackie Dikos
Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner's Nutrition

Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner's Nutrition

by Jackie Dikos

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Overview

Every athlete, especially runners, knows that deciding what to eat is one of the most important—and most complex—choices that he or she has to make in order to guarantee optimum performance. How much should you eat, when should you eat, and what foods should you eat are just some of the larger questions that an active athlete frequently ponders. How do you know what’s the right choice? That’s where sports dietitian and competitive runner Jackie Dikos’s Finish Line Fueling: An Essential Guide to Runner’s Nutrition comes in. Part cookbook, part nutritional guide, Finish Line Fueling helps you get the most out of what you eat.
Recipes are divided into helpful sections that include not just the traditional meals of breakfast, lunch, and dinner but also pre-activity snacks, post-workout recovery nibbles, racing fuel, and carbo-loading meals for intense activity. Mouthwatering morsels such as Sweet Potato Avocado Deviled Eggs, Buckwheat-Oat Granola, High Heat Roast Beef, Vegan Pinto Bean Burgers, Wild Rice and Mushroom Pilaf, and Cilantro-Lime Burrito Bowl are just a few of the dozens of yummy and nutrient-packed recipes included here. Additionally, every recipe includes a helpful breakdown of the number of calories, fat grams, grams of fiber, grams of protein, and vitamin-types that it provides, as well as strategies to modify the recipe based on your age, gender, and performance goals.
With additional sections on getting the most nutrients from your diet, foods to avoid, and the best food pairings, Finish Line Fueling is essential reading for every runner.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510719620
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 11/07/2017
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jackie Dikos, RD, CSSD, CLT is a Sports Dietitian and two-time Olympic Trials competitor in the marathon. She earned a 15th place finish at the 2007 Chicago Marathon and won the 2010 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon with a personal record of 2:45:26. Dikos aims to empower runners through simple fueling strategies in an effort to maximize the achievement of health, performance, and overall quality of life goals. She lives in Westfield, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Quality of Life: What Does It Mean to You? 1

Goal-Setting of Essentials for Everyday Health and Opthmal Performance 4

Fundamental Fuel 6

Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat, Antioxidants, and Fluids 10

Avoid Monotony 19

Daily-Fluids and Electrolytes 20

Feed the Immune System 25

Overcoming Stress and Depletion 27

Mindful Ingredients 30

Quality over Quantity Maximize Nutrients 31

Eat to Run, Not Run to Eat 31

Nutrient-Based Grocery List 33

Enhancements 35

Caffeine, Beets, Tart Cherry, Turmeric, Ginger, Probiotics 36

Fatty Acids, Supplements 39

Race Strategy 45

Before, During, After 46

Carbohydrate Countdown 49

Fluids and Electrolytes 50

Aid Station Success 54

Olympic Marathon Trials 2012 Race Day Example 58

Problem Solving 60

Time Crunch Finding Time to Cook 62

Dining Out and Lacing Up 62

Poor Recovery 64

Runner Food Cravings 66

Fueling a Nervous Appetite 68

Lack of Menstruation 69

Bone Health 69

Gastrointestinal Distress 69

Weight Management 71

Anemia 73

Fueling with Purpose 77

Tools and Appliances 78

Grocery Purchasing Tips and Advice 80

Base-Building Cooking Concepts 82

Grocery List by Trip 84

Recipe Key 85

Everyday Fundamental Recipes 87

Breakfast 89

Smoothie Bowl 91

Quinoa Power Bowl 93

Baked Banana 97

Savory Maca Oats 98

Iron Spice Pancakes 102

Almond Granola Sweet Potato 105

Banana Muffin 107

Turmeric Egg Scramble 108

Sauces and Breads 110

Horseradish Cream 112

Avocado Cream 113

Avocado Pesto 114

Cinnamon Honey Butter 115

Mustard Cream 116

Everyday Dressing 117

Spelt Pita Bread 120

Everyday Grain Chia Bread 121

Endurance Lovers Corn Bread 123

Long Run Toast 124

Salad and Soups 127

Nutrient Packed Chopped Salad 128

Seasoned Chickpea Salad 128

Chicken and White Bean Salad 133

Southwest Sweet Potato Salad 135

Herb Mussels 137

Basic Beef Stew 139

Butternut Apple Soup 140

Root Soup 142

Chicken Noodle Soup 145

Main Dishes 147

Turkey Reuben 149

Rainbow Goat Basil Sandwich 151

High Heat Roast Beef Sandwiches 153

Stuffed Bean Potato 157

All-in-One Meatloaf Muffins 159

Salmon Steaks 161

Chicken Apple Cabbage 163

Pumpkin Chili 164

Bison Pasta 167

Chicken, Zucchini, and Wild Rice 168

Butternut Quinoa and Black Beans 171

Gnocchi Primavera 172

Performance 175

Oat and Buckwheat Granola 177

PBB Oats 181

Race Day Rice Bowl 183

Homemade Sports Drink 185

Low-Cal Lemon-Lime Electrolyte Drink 188

Honey Bites 191

Whole Food Flask 192

Fruit Chews 193

Honey Jam Sandwiches 195

Energy Bars 197

Snacks and Sides 199

Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt 201

Mend Granola Bar 203

Sweet and Salty Pumpkin Seeds 205

Snack Stacks 206

Roasted Broccoli 208

Roasted Carrot and Asparagus 211

Kale Chips 213

Spinach and Mushroom Brown Rice 214

Sweet Treats 217

Walnut Stuffed Dates 219

Chocolate Pudding 221

Oat-Mega Cookies 223

Cherry Banana Cooler 225

Buckwheat Quinoa Apple Crisp 227

Simple Banana Bites 229

Sweet Cheese Dessert Toast 231

Tahini Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies 232

Simply Refreshing 234

Peachy Lemon Cooler 237

Simple Green Smoothie 238

Warm Grapefruit Tea 241

Cherry Lime Spritzer 242

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