Best books for nutrition and the body

spursberry

Hi guys

Doing my Christmas list and my exciting presents I want are two books:

I want the best book I can find on nutrition. I don't want a reference guide but a good read for the laymen on how all this works!

And exactly the same but for the body and how it all works (i.e muscles, organs and how working and looking different areas helps etc)

This is all from a fitness point of view but I want help so when I'm reading up on forums, blogs, books etc I have more of an idea of what people are on about! Also it will help me draw my own conclusions

Thanks in advance

spursberry

Gustaff - yeah should be helpful and interesting


TO EXPAND: The body book is more of a laymans guide to how our body works from a health perspective - not how every mm of body works! But how muscles, organs etc work when healthy and don't when not etc

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Topsking2010

Bump

AntWrig

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/store

suzyfj8

I like Anita Bean's books, there is one called the Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition which I thought was really good, back to basics book

FP4HSharon

"Body for Life" by Bill Phillips
http://www.amazon.com/Body-Life-Mental-Physical-Strength/dp/0060193395

Description:
Mention the name Bill Phillips to any of the people he's helped transform and you will see their faces light up with appreciation and respect. These people include:

• Hundreds of thousands of men and women who read his magazine for guidance and straightforward information about exercise, nutrition, and living with strength.
• Elite professional athletes, among them John Elway, Karl Malone, Mike Piazza, and Terrell Davis who have turned to Phillips for clear–cut information to enhance their energy and performance.
• People once plagued by obesity, alcoholism, and life–threatening ailments who accepted a personal challenge from Bill Phillips and, with his help, have regained control of their bodies and their lives.

When you begin to apply the information in this book, you will be proving to yourself that astounding changes are within your grasp too. And, you will discover Body–for–LIFE is much more than a book about physical fitness it's a gateway to a new and better life, a life of rewarding and fulfilling moments, perhaps more spectacular than you've ever dared to dream before.

Within 12 weeks, you too are going to know ?ot believe, but know : that the transformation you've created with your body is merely an example of the power you have to transform everything else in your world.

In language that is vivid and down–to–earth, Bill Phillips guides you, step by step, through the integrated Body–for–LIFE Program, which reveals:

• How to lose fat and increase your strength by exercising less, not more;
• How to tap into an endless source of energy by living with the Power MindsetTM;
• How to create more time for everything meaningful in your life;
• How to trade hours of aerobics for minutes of weight training ?ith dramatic results;
• How to make continual progress by using the High–Point TechniqueTM;
• How to feed your muscles while starving fat with the Nutrition–for–LIFE MethodTM;
• How thousands of ordinary people have now become extraordinary and how you can, too;
• How to gain control of your body and life, once and for all.

The principles of the Body–for–LIFE Program are surprisingly simple but remarkably powerful. So allow yourself to experience the force of the information in this book, allow yourself to take your mind, your body, your life to a higher point than you may have ever dreamed you could. All in as little as 12 weeks.

ereck44

I like Covert Bailey's "Smart Exercise"--I am rereading it now. He is a nutritionist with a biochemistry degree from MIT and has written several books, including "fit or fat". I "discovered" him on a PBS special in the 1990's. His books are well written and factual.

spursberry

Thanks everyone - great stuff and I'm looking into all of them

Thanks for all your input

mtneerjk81

Just search at www.humankinetics.com

They have tons of great resources. I have several of their books!

spursberry

Just search at www.humankinetics.com

They have tons of great resources. I have several of their books!

Thanks I'm gonna check them out right now

soldiergrl_101

Skinny *****