Reddit mentions of Advanced Sports Nutrition

The amount of broscience in this infographic is quite concerning. It's no surprise the sources section is just a bunch of websites, with no real studies links. They even cite the huffington post and bbcom as a source of info!

To anyone interested in real advice, go read something like:

https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Sports-Nutrition-2nd-Dan-Benardot/dp/1450401619/qid=1523991868&sr=8-1&keywords=Advanced-Sports-Nutrition-2nd-Dan-Benardot

or

https://www.amazon.com/Questions-Answers-Sports-Nutrition-Exercise/dp/0763778869/qid=1523991918&sr=8-1&keywords=Questions-Answers-Sports-Nutrition-Exercise

The later is quite good if you are in a hurry and want to debunk the most common misconceptions

edit: fixed the links

edit2: BTW, thank you OP for posting. Even if I don't agree with the info, I still believe that any blueprint that motivates people to train and eat better is always valuable. cheers

Just so everyone is aware, Dan Benardot literally wrote the book on nutrition for serious athletes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1450401619/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_in8jxbTW8ZK3Q

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1450401619/

https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Die-Discover-Scientifically/dp/1250066115/

The first is for athletes. The second is general disease prevention. The first covers topics such as macronutrients, timing, and so on. The only defect of the first is that it discusses nutrients in isolation. I think it's always better to take nutrients in foods. It's better to eat sugar in fruit than sports drink.

I think all life is slowly damaging our body and eventually we get old. You damaged it a little faster. In fact over-training is even worse than under-training. We've got to be careful.

P.S: Of course the big problem of keto is not so much "carb deficiency", but it's also that you restrict fruit, veggies, whole grains, beans, nuts, etc etc. You give up everything for carb restriction.

Here is Greger's take on ketogenic diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIwTcVdHLHk

Right-o, sorry bout that! I did get it from a book, but here are a couple links that talk about it:

http://www.aw-bc.com/info/blake/assets/pdf/Salge__Nutrition_Ch06.pdf
>(Top of page 15)

http://dl.clackamas.cc.or.us/ch106-08/proteins.htm
>The amino acids that are formed by the hydrolysis of protein can be used to make new protein or they can have their amino groups removed and then the remainder of the molecule can be oxidized to provide energy.
>Whatever the particular pathway that the particular amino acids follow to get into the citric acid cycle and become oxidized, the process is somewhat wasteful of these particular very specialized and important compounds.

It should be noted that this is most relevant to people trying to max out energy, not decrease body fat.

You can adapt for increased usage of fat and this is a normal adaptation to endurance training. It's explained in this book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1450401619.

Ketosis should be avoided as much as possible.

An athlete's body can only utilize 1.5 - 1.7 grams of protein per kg of body weight on a daily basis. 86g of protein in a single drink is stupid and ridiculous. Read it a few days ago in a Sports Nutrition textbook:

http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Sports-Nutrition-2nd-Edition-Benardot/dp/1450401619/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376146687&sr=8-1&keywords=benardot

I realize this is an old post, but a buddy of mine recommended this. It's a solid book on sports nutrition. I am applying it to my cycling training right now and it's helped a ton. Talks a lot about fluid and salt intake too.

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https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Sports-Nutrition-Benardot-PH-D/dp/1450401619