Power Eating-2nd Edition by Susan M. Kleiner, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Power Eating-2nd Edition
Book Review: Dr. Kleiner is here to beat us with the nutrition stick until we eat our carrots
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a book on sports nutrition written by a dietician. Dieticians write boring books, and this is no exception. Dieticians are also limited in their views... the US RDA, the Food Pyramid and Food Groups, the Food Exchange program... the holy scripture of nutrition. I imagine if a rogue registered dietician differs widely from the party line, the other dieticians form a lynch mob.
In reading this book, you will get;
A basic description of what carbs, fat, protein, and water do in the body, as well as recommended amounts.
A really tedious description of what each vitamin and mineral does, and the importance and function of antioxidants.
A discussion of common supplements, and why the people who take them are suckers... with the exception of creatine and post-workout carb/protein drinks.
Some discussion of the different nutritional needs of strength and endurance atheletes are discussed, and scientific studies are cited.
A few pages are devoted to diet planning, but drift off into incoherence and smoothie recipes before addressing how to create a diet plan (The really hard part of eating right).
Some notable things were missing... the right ratio of essential fatty acids to promote health (a 5 to 1 ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6's), and the differences between absorbtion rates of different carbohydrates and why you should care (the Glycogen Index).
Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book because I was no growing. I was watching what I was eating but slowly losing weight instead of growing.The book explains the prinicples of changing your eating habits using common sense that challenges all the Atkin's hype.
I have gained 6 kilos in 5 months without gaining much around the waist. It is ONLY suggested for active people looking to gain mass because a 180 lb man is suggested to eat 4000 calories/day.
The greatest compliment I can offer is several people have asked me if I have started to take steroids.
nope, just eating following this book.
Book Review: Great Information!
Summary: 4 Stars
For the seasoned nutrition professional or the everyday exerciser, this book provides sound information which can help you realize your goals. The information in this book is not drastic, new, or difficult to comprehend, but generally overlooked for more cool and hip fad diets. There's a reason why information such as this has always been there and always will, simply because it works. Even if you aren't trying to manage weight for a sport but rather just for health, general fitness, or anything, this book gives you a good template to work with to realize your goal.
However, this book can be a bit of a drag if you're not really into nutrition and fitness. Despite this, the diet templates alone are really worth the price of the book. I still say get the book and read it.
Book Review: More "School Solution" BS
Summary: 1 Stars
For all that has been learned over the last couple of years as regards the MYTH of the high calorie - high carb diet, it seems that there are still "experts" who just don't get it. This book pushes the old nonsense that you can loose weight by eating more - hint: You will NEVER excrete usable calories. If you eat more then you need you will store it as fat. Doh!
Then this fool pushes some really bad bio chem, you need carbo to build muscle. More fantasy. If you want to gain muscle mass, you must eat amino acids aka protein. Of course you also need to exercise - and for that you need an adequate blood sugar level. If you are metabolising stored fat you will have it. Be a hunter.
Save your money, this book says nothing you have not heard.
If you want to loose weight and or gain muscle buy The Ketogenic Diet.
Book Review: Waste of Money
Summary: 1 Stars
I had high expectations for this book but I was let down after reading the book. Power eating throws a lot of information at you in a very unorganized manner for the first 200 pages. There are many times when the author contradicts herself especially in regards to how much protein should be eaten. And in the end there is a diet plan that is very confusing and unclear. This is not a very usefull book at all and I would not reccomend it.
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