I would like to introduce you to a very interesting book for all those of you who, besides running, take care of your diet, the fuel of your body: Julio Basulto has a degree in human nutrition and dietetics from the University of Barcelona, teaches in different institutions and is the author of several books and scientific publications. Juanjo Cáceres, doctor in history and graduate in business sciences, dedicates his professional work to research applied to food and sport with many.
A brave, serious and rigorous book that every runner should have. Courageous because, despite the media pressure, it attacks those food myths related to runners with no scientific basis.
Serious because it deals with the nutritional issue based on evidence, avoiding beliefs and assumptions.
Rigorous because it is well documented, backed up by an extensive bibliography that allows the reader to delve deeper into those topics in which he/she wishes to broaden his/her knowledge.
In this book there are no diets, regimes, menus or recipes, but it offers abundant information on practical issues that are so often planned in the world of the athlete, such as: what to consume before a race or what to eat and drink once it is over, how to face long distance races such as marathons, etc. It also provides nutritional advice classified by type of competition, from 5 km to ultra distance.
It deals with the supposed goodness of nutrients, their effect on training and performance, antioxidants, ergogenic aids of any kind allowed, the proportion of macronutrients and adequate food, etcetera.
Despite its agile and fast reading , I recommend that this work should be read not as a sprinter but as a long-distance runner, little by little to assimilate its contents.
It is recommended for both sports professionals and amateurs and, by extension, for anyone interested in leading a more active life and a healthier diet.
Itis a book to stop and think because it makes you rethink many things.
In conclusion, it is a work suitable for all audiences, and especially for runners, which will help us to eat more healthily and this "is valid whether you practice sport or not".
Get it at AMAZON for 8,51 € or for 5 ,69 in Kindle version "Comer y Correr" Publisher: 2014, Penguin Random House, Colección Debolsillo.
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