Diet, nutrition book request and question

[Xue Sheng]

Since I am sick and tired of not being able to train (I hurt my damn knee again helping a delivery guy but that’s another annoying story) and I am tired of sitting around gaining weight I need to address my diet. I have a few books on nutrition and to be honest they bore the hell out of me since they tend to get heavily into chemical structures and processes I frankly don't give a damn about.

I am looking for a book on diet and nutrition and if anyone has any recommendations I would appreciate it.

I use to have this book;
The Fighter's Body: An Owner's Manual: Your Guide to Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Excellence in the Martial Arts

…but I lost it on a flight from Tokyo to Beijing, well I didn’t actually loose it, I know what happened to it, I left it on the plane :duh: .

I have my opinion of this book, or at least my memory says I do but I am wondering if anyone else has read it and their opinion of it is.

 

[Nomad]

That was the one I was going to recommend! It has a lot of good information in a very simple to understand and to apply format, and helped me hugely when I was actively losing weight.

Actually, might be time for a re-read. Hmmmm.

 

[bluekey88]

Check out The Warrior Diet from dragonddor productions or I'm having some modest success following Brad Pillion's Eat. Stop. Eat plan....very easy to follow. Not ready to give it the full thumbs up yet, but getting there...I've tried everything else with varying degress of success. Basically, anything you can do to reduce calories in will result in weight loss. Any resistance training you can do will preserve muscle mass.

Peace,
Erik

 

[Dagney Taggert]

Well, I was going to also mention The Warrior Diet. You may also want to check out The Paleo Diet, which based around plants and lean proteins.

 

[Harald]

There's a bunch of good books on the subject, of course, but off the top of my head Dan Bernadot's Advanced Sports Nutrition is worth reading. It's fairly broad, but goes deep enough into most subjects to make it valuable to almost any athlete. Not full of BS, and offering plenty of good insights. Definitely recommended.

 

[CoryKS]

The Fighter's Body is a good book to have. The diet/nutrition information in this book is pretty standard. There's only so many ways to tell people to eat right and exercise, and you'll find similar material in just about any book dealing with the subject. But Christensen's writing style is hilarious and DeMeere brings a lot of knowledge to the partnership.

Also consider looking at an online diet/exercise journal such as myfitnesspal.com. I hate calorie counting, but after a few weeks of using it I was able to more accurately estimate what I was taking in.

 

[SensibleManiac]

Optimum Sports Nutrition, Dr. Michael Colgan

 

[Harald]

Has Colgan's book been updated and revised lately, and if so what's the new version like? It's a solid book and I loved it when it came out but that seems like half a life ago so it's a bit long in the tooth now. If it's been revised lately I'll probably order it myself.

 

[robertlk808]

I just got my book "The Primal Blueprint" which is based of the Paleo I think.
Seems really simple actually. Pretty good forum with quite a few martial artists within the forums.

 

[shane]

The diet and nutrition data in this publication is attractive standard. There's only so numerous modes to notify persons to consume right and workout, and you'll find alike material in just about any publication considering with the subject. But Christensen’s composing method is hilarious and DeMeere adds many of information to the partnership.