Eat to Win: Nutrition for Peak Performance in Female Team Sport Athletes

By combining evidence-based recommendations with practical, simple guidance, registered health and performance nutritionist, Laura Kealy, helps female team sport athletes improve their athletic performance and overall health. Games and matches demand players be fit and strong. They must have the endurance and mental focus for peak performance. An athlete’s diet must be tailored to ensure it meets individual macro- and micronutrients, fuelling and recovery requirements. That’s where this book comes in! Having spent more than 10 years supporting female athletes across a range of team sports, Laura uses her expert advice to show how to balance nutrient intake and eat for specific performance goals. With her professional guidance, players also learn the fundamentals of health and performance nutrition, how to adequately fuel for training sessions and games, how to recover optimally, how the menstrual cycle may affect performance and much more. With more than 80 delicious, healthy and simple fueling and recovery recipes, sample training meal plans, practical advice, and specific guidance for the female team sport athlete, this book will help you eat to win! Read more