Book recommendation for cycling nutrition: looking for something that details on and off the bike nutrition and cites studies and the physiology of what's happening when you ride/train. Something that seriously discusses supplementation, but steers clear of the hard stuff. I am an avid, but amateur, cyclist that wants something readable but not totally dumbed down.
posted by blueplasticfish
on Apr 8, 2013 -
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I was researching sequential eating and would like some advice, here are my thoughts and questions: It seems that it takes (on average) 2-4 hours for foods or beverages to leave the stomach.
I was wanting to eat/drink something specific every two hours.
I have 8 hours to sleep every night, and I like to eat right before sleep as well.
This leaves me with 16 hours in a wakened state. Or, 9 segments of eating/drinking. (I drink water right when I wake up)
On the basis of sequential eating, what are some useful tips/advice I could keep in consideration while putting together snacks of 1-3 things?
It's looking like 4 meals a day, 5 drinks a day, alternating every two hours. OR, what I would rather prefer, is eating 9 meals a day (fruit in the morning with my water), and drinking 6oz of water every hour on the dot. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
posted by JamesBlakeAV
on Feb 27, 2013 -
4 answers
I would like to finally find a routine I can follow to eat healthy during the week and I am looking for book recommendations. Unfortunately, most nutrition/cooking books are very one-sided (only contain recipes, only discuss cooking skills, or only nutrition theory) and very biased towards some radical approach (vegatarian/vegan, very low-carb, very high-protein etc.). I am looking for the opposite - ideally a single book for learning about nutrition, cooking and planning your groceries and cooking so all the good advice is actually actionable considering having a 40-hour workweek; also without going into any dietetic extremes and based on sound science and actual practice. Details inside.
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posted by jarekr
on Jan 27, 2013 -
17 answers
Precedents/ideas for molding agriculture, food/cooking, health, and psychology together into a meaningful, practical career?
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posted by trampoliningisfun
on Mar 26, 2012 -
11 answers
I am a nutritional newbie - I never took any classes on the subject, I'm a lifelong selective eater, and what little I know has been memorized, mostly in the last two months. I'm in need of some specific schooling on my current peculiar weight-loss situation.
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posted by Fee Phi Faux Phumb I Smell t'Socks o' a Puppetman!
on Mar 7, 2012 -
12 answers
Do multigrain hot cereal mixes have a nutritional advantage over single whole grains (i.e. oatmeal)?
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posted by Trurl
on Dec 4, 2011 -
7 answers
Should I quit beer and switch entirely to whiskey? For health reasons?
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posted by naju
on Jun 22, 2011 -
24 answers
Aside from preventing fishy burps, is there any significant nutritional advantage to taking
enteric-coated fish oil supplements over their
non-enteric coated counterpart? I’ve seen ads claim that the enteric coating helps to preserve the fish oil from stomach acid and bile until it reaches the small intestine - is there any scientific basis to this? Generally speaking, will the body utilize one better than the other?
posted by invisible ink
on Jun 9, 2011 -
2 answers
What five things do you recommend a person do to make themselves healthier, slimmer and overall a better person in 30 days?
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posted by adverb
on May 12, 2011 -
37 answers
Please help me find good sources for health, healing, and nutrition information online.
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posted by Neekee
on Feb 6, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm thinking about doing a diet/nutrition experiment on myself where I cut out foods that are known to cause serious health issues (disease and/or allergic reactions). What resources can best help me with this?
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posted by buckaroo_benzai
on Nov 30, 2010 -
20 answers
My doctor wants me to take a multivitamin for my slight anemia. Help me pick one please?
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posted by quirks
on Nov 17, 2010 -
21 answers
What do skinny people eat? I really wanted to understand the relationship thin/healthy people have with food.
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posted by happywhite
on Nov 1, 2010 -
81 answers
My wife and I have decided we'd like to make some fairly big changes to our eating habits. We eat relatively healthy as it is, but we'd like to set a goal of eating at least 51% "raw foods". We're a bit overwhelmed and would love some recommendations for recipe books, meal planning, grocery shopping, etc.
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posted by jluce50
on Oct 12, 2010 -
16 answers
Maintaining Current Weight vs. Gaining or Losing. How do I keep steady and not fluctuate?
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posted by terrier319
on Jun 16, 2010 -
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How can I get more comfortable with health science findings when they seem to be constantly shifting and/or contradicting one another?
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posted by the foreground
on May 21, 2010 -
12 answers
Prompted by
this comment, I'm here to ask what the deal is with
"calories" as a measure of "nutritional content" (whatever that means). I understand that the calorie value we see on food packaging is arrived at by burning the food in a calorimeter, and that this would be an effective measure of the total chemical energy in the substance. How well does this actually approximate the energy our body can put to use (mechanically, or for other biological processes)? Isn't this measure essentially useless for people trying to lose weight? Why do we put so much emphasis on it then? Are there some foods which have an astronomical number of calories which our digestive systems can do little with?
posted by phrontist
on Mar 27, 2010 -
14 answers
So, apparently corn is bad for cats but it's in all the foods I see in the store. Even at Wholefoods, all the brands have corn in it except for one. I haven't tried Petsmart yet, but I would like some ideas on what you guys use that don't contain corn. I don't mind ordering off the internet either.
posted by MaryDellamorte
on Jan 3, 2010 -
50 answers
Are there any *safe* supplements I can take for added muscle gain/weight loss/etc?
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posted by ascetic
on Jun 10, 2009 -
10 answers
Are there any good nutritional/metabolic water mixes out there for sedentary desk workers who are perhaps over-reliant on fast food?
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posted by Phyltre
on Apr 29, 2009 -
9 answers
Normally healthy and strong, my fingernails are now peeling, flaking, and crumbling a bit near the tips. Is this a sign I'm missing something in my diet?
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posted by toomuchkatherine
on Apr 23, 2009 -
11 answers
Looking for a website to track daily water intake, fruit/veg eaten, mood, steps.
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posted by jrholt
on Apr 15, 2009 -
15 answers
I have the opportunity to exercise in the morning, at lunch and in the evening. Does it matter if I do certain exercises in order?
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posted by abdulf
on Mar 29, 2009 -
8 answers
I've reached my goal weight. Now, please help me stay sane with diet and nutrition. Sorry this is long.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 21, 2008 -
11 answers
How can I lose weight, not through dieting, but through acquiring good and non-punitive habits?
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posted by mippy
on Nov 11, 2008 -
25 answers
I'd like nutritional advice for homemade dog food and maybe treats, using easy-to-find ingredients. I haven't been able to find high quality commercial dog food where I live, so I make most of her food myself, but I would like to make her homemade food as healthy as I possibly can with the resources I have, which are somewhat limited. Current routine, and many(!) more details inside.
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posted by taz
on Nov 1, 2008 -
12 answers
"Small Red Beans". Do these really have 16g of fiber per 1/2 cup serving? I've seen them under the Goya, Iberia, and Wal-mart brands, all of them having 60 calories per 1/2 cup, with 16 grams of fiber. This is significantly more than every other type of bean.
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posted by mhuckaba
on Sep 11, 2008 -
16 answers
RamadanFilter: I'm fasting and I need to know what to eat so I'm not ravenous and faint by the sunset.
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posted by reenum
on Sep 8, 2008 -
12 answers
I am 37, 5'9", 185 & just had a minor heart attack. Diagnosis: diffuse coronary disease. I swim several times a week, and eat well. But I have questions about my new diet, the one that will help me lose 30 - 50 lbs in 2 years, as my cardiologist wants.
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posted by luriete
on May 16, 2008 -
26 answers
Now that chestnuts are in season, I've been buying sacks of freshly roasted Chinese chestnuts almost every week and eating them like crazy. Problem is, I cannot locate nutritional information in a format that's easy to understand. For example, I don't have a food scale, yet almost every listing I find on Google has one serving of chestnuts as 100 grams. Also, how do I know if the nutritional info is referring to nuts still in their shell, or the actual nutmeats? Thanks to everyone in advance.
posted by invisible ink
on Feb 3, 2008 -
9 answers
What should i consume immediately after a work-out ? If i'm not a fan of powdered protein ?
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posted by hboogz
on Jan 25, 2008 -
28 answers
Is running 3+ miles 4 or more times a week hurting my muscle mass gains? I'm alternating jump rope in 1-2x a week with it for 30 minute sessions.
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on Nov 30, 2007 -
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