J Kwao Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Can anybody recommend any useful books on nutrition that would be useful in GST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quick Start Test Smith Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Damn, I read the whole thread thinking it was current... when will I learn to look at the dates !?! Can anybody recommend any useful books on nutrition that would be useful in GST? Alan Aragon's "Girth Control" is great and inexpensive. Extremely straightforward and to the heart of the matter. It's not a health book per se, and it doesn't discuss the healthiness of various foods, but it's a good book for knowing what to eat and when... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcos Mocine-McQueen Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Not a nutrition text, but one of the best books on eating well: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Burnham Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Best book Ive read so far is Perfect Health Diet. Cheesy name but great insight. You should adjust intake for performance though. Basically combine this with Josh's advice and you have something similar to my diet. Im pretty happy with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Kwao Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Thanks for all the reccomendations. I see there is a website to accompany the 'Perfect Health Diet' it looks informative and the authors are backing up their knowledge with extra information. I think I'll more than likely go for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Roseman Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Best book Ive read so far is Perfect Health Diet. Cheesy name but great insight. You should adjust intake for performance though. Basically combine this with Josh's advice and you have something similar to my diet. Im pretty happy with it.Daniel, glad for your success with PHD. It seems to be based on paleo, so it will have the pros and cons of that approach. They toss in a few modern discoveries like dark chocolate and booze that have been shown to enhance health. It also seems that they are advocating eating more fat, over 50% calories, in lieu of carbs. Have you modified this for training purposes? What do you like about this approach the most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Burnham Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 The biggest difference from other paleo flavors is actually the inclusion of starches in the diet to fulfil carb needs. The percent they give on the website is a recommendation for a person who is not terribly active. The mention in the book to increase carbs and protein if you are an athlete.I have modified the approach for training. I get quite a few carbs in during the day. Some with each protein feeding and a good amount peri workout. How much carbs and protein you put in is dependent on your weight/activity which is where Josh's guidelines come in. Mind you I don't blindly follow anyone even Josh, but after a good amount of research his info is pretty much spot on. I also have varied the food timing which I contacted the author about to more match my needs and he agrees with my assessment. For instance I don't do intermittent fasting around training days due to inability to recover. I also eat before going to bed because I basically have to to not waste away as my workouts start around 8 and end at 11ish. To outline, I follow PHD food guidelines with extra meals to up protein combined with carbs to basically not waste as much of the protein. I then add fat to get the required calories I need. In the book they follow the daily calorie levels. I follow an nearly hourly calorie level counting similar to nutritiming.I guess I like this approach because their guidelines on health are pretty spot on with inclusion of starches and recommendation of 3/4 plant matter a day. You would have to read the book to get all the details but I am getting pretty much every nutrient in each day with some fantastic tasting meals. Plus as josh can tell you I'm starting to look the part as well. I don't measure body fat but I have a six pack and I've basically just followed this diet with the modifications and done gymnastic workouts. Im sure there are some tweaks that could be made to maximize hormonal response and that type of stuff but when I can actually implement the diet correctly (school work often gets in the way). I feel great and can manipulate body mass by basically changing fat content only with a slight change in carbs. As it stands now I am not trying to bulk or cut so I am just having a steady gain of muscle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Burnham Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I edited the above quite a bit just to let everyone know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Roseman Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Good thoughts Daniel. Thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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