{"id":14263,"date":"2019-10-07T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=14263"},"modified":"2019-10-01T12:20:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:20:46","slug":"plant-based-sports-nutrition-a-new-and-recommended-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/07\/plant-based-sports-nutrition-a-new-and-recommended-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-Based Sports Nutrition \u2013 a new and recommended book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/51E78agHpQL._SX348_BO1204203200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14264\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/51E78agHpQL._SX348_BO1204203200_.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/51E78agHpQL._SX348_BO1204203200_-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen years ago, <em>Vegetarian Sports Nutrition<\/em>, by VRG\nadvisor Enette Larson-Meyer, was a ground-breaking book about sports nutrition\nfor vegetarians. Now, Dr. Larson-Meyer has teamed up with Matt Ruscigno, a\nvegan registered dietitian to create the update to <em>Vegetarian Sports Nutrition,<\/em> newly titled <em>Plant-Based Sports Nutrition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors provide a\ncomprehensive review of sports nutrition topics including building muscle\nwithout meat, determining the right amount of carbohydrate and fat, promoting\nbone health, reducing muscle cramps, managing weight, and choosing food and\nfluids before, during, and after events. Each topic includes a summary of the\nlatest research as well as practical information. The book ends with a\ncollection of flexible recipes that provide lots of choices for busy athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This extensively updated book\nshould be required reading for athletes of all abilities whether vegan,\nvegetarian, or considering being vegetarian or vegan. <em>Plant-Based Sports Nutrition<\/em> could also serve as a great resource\nfor coaches, trainers, and dietitians who work with vegetarian athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Plant-Based Sports Nutrition <\/em>(ISBN: 978-1-4925-6864-3)\nis published by Human Kinetics.&nbsp; It has 334\npages and retails for $24.95.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Thirteen years ago, Vegetarian Sports Nutrition, by VRG advisor Enette Larson-Meyer, was a ground-breaking book about sports nutrition for vegetarians. Now, Dr. Larson-Meyer has teamed up with Matt Ruscigno, a vegan registered dietitian to create the update to Vegetarian Sports Nutrition, newly titled Plant-Based Sports Nutrition. The authors provide a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14265,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14263\/revisions\/14265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}