Best-Selling Sports Nutrition Author Addresses Top
Dietary Myths
Active people have many misconceptions about food. According to nutrition expert Nancy
Clark, MS, RD, these misconceptions can often lead to inappropriate food choices that
hurt, rather than enhance sports and fitness performance. In the upcoming new edition of
Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook (Human Kinetics, May 2008), Clark addresses the
top nutrition myths, including:
- A high protein diet is an effective way to lose weight.
- The human body can easily convert carbohydrate into body
fat.
- Protein is a primary source of energy for the body.
Clark negates inaccurate information on nutrition, such as
the misperception that carbohydrate is automatically converted into body fat. "Fad
diets preach the message that carbohydrate is fattening," says Nancy Clark.
"Wrong! Carbohydrate is not fattening. Excess calories are fattening--in particular,
excess fat calories."
According to Clark, fat provides 36 calories per teaspoon
compared with 16 for carbohydrate. The assumption that excess carbohydrate converts to
body fat is misleading because carbohydrate is burned during exercise. "The body
preferentially burns the carbohydrate and stores the fat because the metabolic cost of
converting excess carbohydrate into body fat is 23 percent of the ingested calories,"
says Clark. "Excess dietary fat, on the other hand, is easily stored as body fat; the
metabolic cost of converting excess dietary fat into body fat is only three percent of
ingested calories."
The new edition of Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition
Guidebook addresses:
- Why carbohydrate isn't fattening.
- Which fats are good and which are not.
- Protein needs and the difference between supplements and
foods.
- Engineered foods and if they are worth the money.
- Credible nutrition websites.
With over 500,000 copies sold, Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook has become the
all-time best selling sports nutrition guide. An internationally known specialist in
sports dietetics, Clark offers sound nutritional advice for active people. For more
information on Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook, contact Human Kinetics at
1-800-747-4457 or visit www.HumanKinetics.com.
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