Optimize your performance—practical, easy, essential nutrition for athletes. Sports nutrition is a vital element for reaching peak physical performance. To maximize workouts and athletic ability, Essential Sports Nutrition offers the most up-to-date nutritional guidance along with delicious recipes to make eating right for an active lifestyle, easy. Marni Sumbal, MS, RD, CSSD, a board-certified dietitian who specializes in fueling endurance athletes, breaks down the science of nutrition with easy-to-follow explanations on the right things to eat and the right time to eat them. Complete with 24 recipes for before, after, and during exercise, Essential Sports Nutrition is a user-friendly reference on fueling to meet your fullest potential. Essential Sports Nutrition teaches you how to nourish your body for energy with: A nutritional overview that includes new research on sources of nutrition and components of an ideal diet. Nutrient timing that teaches you what and when to eat before, d