The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition (9th Edition): Complete Guides
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Overview
The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition is the definitive practical handbook for anyone wanting a performance advantage.
What you eat and drink are important considerations when it comes to maximising your sports performance. Whether you are a professional or amateur athlete, or just enjoy regular workouts, well-chosen nutrition strategies can enhance your performance and recovery after exercise.
This ninth edition includes accessible guidance on the following topics:
- Maximising endurance, strength, performance and recovery
- How to calculate your optimal energy, carbohydrate and protein requirements
- Advice on improving body composition
- The most popular sports supplements
- Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and eating disorders
- Hydration strategies to prevent hypohydration and overhydration
- Specific advice for masters athletes, young athletes and plant-based athletes
- Nutrition strategies to prepare for competition
This fully updated and revised edition incorporates the latest cutting-edge research and provides all the tools to help you reach your performance goals.
The definitive sports nutrition book is now in its 9th edition - regarded in the industry as core reading for anyone involved in sport and fitness.
Newly updated ninth edition of this bestselling Complete Guide
Over 90,000 copies sold in multiple editions since first published
Anita Bean has a great public profile and is one of our most experienced authors
Has a strong presence in the higher education market and features on many sports studies reading lists
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface to the ninth edition
Chapter 1 An overview of sports nutrition
Chapter 2 Energy for exercise
Chapter 3 Carbohydrate
Chapter 4 Protein
Chapter 5 Fat
Chapter 6 Vitamins and minerals
Chapter 7 Sports supplements
Chapter 8 Hydration
Chapter 9 Body Composition
Chapter 10 Weight Management
Chapter 11 Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport; Eating Disorders; Menstrual Dysfunction
Chapter 12 Gut Health
Chapter 13 Immune Health and Recovery from Injury
Chapter 14 The young athlete
Chapter 15 The plant-based athlete
Chapter 16 The masters athlete
Chapter 17 Competition nutrition
Chapter 18 Your personal nutrition plan
Chapter 19 The recipes
Appendices
1. The glycaemic index and glycaemic load
2. Glossary of vitamins and minerals
List of abbreviations
Symbols used and conversions
Further reading
References
Online resources
Index
Full of science-backed advice, so detailed and informative and will benefit every sports person
I highly recommend this book as a brilliant practical guide to sports nutrition
The most comprehensive guide to sports nutrition around and a must-read for coaches and athletes.
...an absolute must-have for anyone working in the health and fitness industry!
a really excellent work: lucid, thorough, sound and readily accessible
it is excellent and answers all your questions
It covers a great deal of ground in a highly readable style... a superb publication
The eighth edition of what is widely regarded as the ultimate bible of what works and what doesn’t in sport, written by someone who has guided many an elite performer.
concisely written and clearly presented, enhanced by a personal touch that makes it refreshingly different...highly recommended
This nutrition bible by award-winning and renowned nutritionist Anita Bean, is an excellent read… You won’t be able to put this book down
It’s the most comprehensive guide to sports nutrition around and a must-read for coaches and athletes.
Whether you’re preparing for the race of your life or simply want to get the most out of your gym sesh, this book is a must.
An excellent, highly informative book written by an experienced nutritionist, with plenty of practical advice for athletes
- Title: The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition (9th Edition)
- Author: Anita Bean
- Series: Complete Guides
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472976963, 9781472976949, 1472976940, 1472976967
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472976963
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:04:59Z
Anita Bean is an award-winning registered nutritionist, internationally published author, health writer, author and champion athlete. She specialises in sport and exercise nutrition and is passionate about helping athletes improve their performance in training and competition. She is the author of The Vegan Athlete's Cookbook, among many other titles.
@anitabean