The Misled Athlete

If you think you will be stronger or build more muscle because the guy on steroids in the ads tells you so - wake up, you are being misled! If you think steroids, stimulants, excess protein and nitric oxide enhancers are the answer to the nutritional issues for athletes - misled, again! For decades, athletes have been a target for companies selling everything from banned substances to worthless nutritional products with the hope that they would make the difference between winning and losing. At the expense of being misled, athletes have suffered the irreperable damage from steroids and hormones as well as the side effects experienced from stimulants and tainted dietary supplements. In addition, the tremendous stress of strenuous exercise and its contribution to oxidative stress, inflammation, fatigue (reduced energy), muscle damage and transient immune suppression sets the stage for viewing the athlete in a very different way - that athlete as patient. Now, in The Misled Athlete, renowned nutritionist Carl Germano, RD, CNS, CDN and his team set the record straight and brings us a new look at the athlete as patient and provides us a comprehensive plan for addressing the multiple nutritional needs of the athlete beyond excess protein, caffeine and nitric oxide stimulants. Thanks to the latest research, we now understand the link between the stressor of exercise and the importance of proper recovery, through diet manipulation, effective training techniques and the use of legitimate nutritional supplements, in efforts to optimize performance. The new mantra - in order to perform better, you need to recover better! Science has gained extraordinary insight into how the foods we eat, training techniques and certain safe nutritional supplements can successfully address the ravages of intense activity and assist the athlete to recuperate and be prepared for the next battle. Join Carl Germano, RD, CNS, CDN and his contributing team including Donnell Boucher, CSCS, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for The Citadel Bulldogs, Rikki Keen, RD, LD, CSSD, CSCS, Sports Dietitian for Coach Tom Shaw, NFL Training facility at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports and Michael Roberts, PhD researcher in sports nutrition, exercise physiology, and exercise biochemistry. This is the one book that sets the Misled Athlete straight.