Sports Nutrition Pocket Guide or Essential Environments

Sports Nutrition Pocket Guide: Your Daily Gym Bag Reference

Author: Michael Colgan

Access 27 years of sports nutrition research and get on the path to athletic excellence. Utilize the "right stuff" nutrition program and build yourself a better body. Design a Personal Sports Nutrition Program to suit your genetic individuality, your sport, your training level, your health history and your lifestyle. See how the latest discoveries in nutrition research can immediately boost your sports performance. Find out why the right minerals are more important than vitamins, and vastly more important than all the herbal and so-called prohormone concoctions put together in building physical power. Read the real truth about antioxidants. Learn the Seven Steps To Glory that should form the basis of every athlete's nutrition.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	iii
1	One System of Chemistry	1
2	Synergy	7
3	Nature Made All the Locks	19
4	Physiological Dynamics	23
5	Some Folk Have Fat Feet	27
6	Seven Steps to Glory	31
7	Mineral Makeover	41
8	Calcium	45
9	Phosphorus	51
10	Potassium	55
11	Sulfur	59
12	Sodium & Chloride	63
13	Magnesium	67
14	Iron	71
15	Zinc	77
16	Copper	83
17	Iodine	87
18	Chromium	89
19	Selenium	93
20	Manganese & Molybdenum	97
21	Silicon & Boron	101
22	Vanadium & Arsenic	105
23	Fluoride	109
24	Cobalt, Tin, Nickel, & Germanium	113
25	Vitamins in Action	117
26	Vitamin A	121
27	Vitamin B1, Thiamin	125
28	Vitamin B2, Riboflavin	127
29	Vitamin B3, Niacin, Nicianamide	131
30	Vitamin B6, Pyridoxine	135
31	Vitamin B12, Cobalamin	139
32	Folate, Folic Acid	143
33	Biotin	147
34	Pantothenic Acid	151
35	Vitamin C Ascorbates	155
36	Vitamin D Calciferol	161
37	Vitamin E, Tocopherols, Tocotrienols	165
38	Vitamin K	169
39	Testing Vitamin Status	173
40	Acetyl-L-Carnitine	177
41	Phosphatidylserine	183
42	Melatonin	185
43	S-adenolsylmethionine	191
44	Creatine	197
45	Glucosamine and Chondroitin	211
46	Soy Isoflavones	219
47	Pygeum, Saw Palmetto	229
48	Save Your Breath	233
49	Antioxidant Armor	239
50	Going For The Gusto!	257
	References	259
	About Dr. Colgan	291
	Index	292

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Essential Environments: Discover How to Create Healthy Living Spaces (Essential Living)

Author: Janie Quinn

How to create healthy living spaces, promote wellness through positive lifestyle choices, and avoid the assault of chemical toxins are among the simple and smart solutions included in this handbook to incorporating the healing force of nature into daily life. Products and practices that are kind to the environment are featured with healthy alternatives to such potentially harmful products as laundry detergent, toothpaste, and deodorant. Suggestions for redesigning the home, office, and yard to create toxic-free spaces are complemented by information on eating healthier foods that have minimal environmental impact.

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Organic Consumers Association
"Healing the planet is dependent on each and every one of us first healing our personal living spaces."