Reddit mentions of Power Eating-4th Edition

Power Eating is a good source for developing a diet suited to different types of athletes.

Thanks for the detailed reply and honesty. The anxiety and meds, basically chronic stress can throw your endocrine system (hormones) out of whack which influence metabolism and favor pro-inflammatory pathways in the body.

The time for one's body to recoup is indivdualized in terms of hormone regulation and getting your autonomics (flight and fright vs. rest and digest) balanced again.

That being said, there is a good book I'd recommend to anyone looking to get more knowledge about nutrition and how to apply it according to the best science for cutting, hypertrophy, etc that is relatively cheap and made for lay people and not health professionals. Give it a go, worth the small investment and I'm sure you'll learn more than enough to justify the cost in terms of a maximizing your nutritional efficiency rather than trial and error.

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Eating-4th-Susan-Kleiner/dp/1450430171/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498253736&sr=8-1&keywords=power+eating+4th+edition