--- title: Sports Nutrition description: This subject examines how dietary choices impact athletic performance, recovery, and overall physical conditioning. Learners will understand macronutrient timing, hydration strategies, and how to design personalized nutrition plans to support specific training goals and energy demands. category: health-medicine subcategory: nutrition difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/sports-nutrition --- # Sports Nutrition This subject examines how dietary choices impact athletic performance, recovery, and overall physical conditioning. Learners will understand macronutrient timing, hydration strategies, and how to design personalized nutrition plans to support specific training goals and energy demands. ## Available Resources 4 Books • 1 Courses • 4 Websites • 3 Papers ## Websites ### 1. Renaissance Periodization Free articles, guides, and calculators from RP Strength covering hypertrophy training and nutrition, diet phasing, and macronutrient planning, developed by exercise scientist Dr. Mike Israetel and coaches. Readers learn evidence-based principles for building muscle and structuring a diet. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://rpstrength.com/ **Tags:** hypertrophy, sports-nutrition, bodybuilding ### 2. sportsrd.org SportsRD.org is the professional hub for sports dietitians, offering evidence-based sports nutrition guidance, articles, and resources for athletes and clinicians. It includes practical tips on fueling, hydration, supplementation, and performance optimization. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://sportsrd.org **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, nutrition ### 3. NutritionFacts.org **Author:** Michael Greger Nonprofit site founded by physician Michael Greger that summarises peer-reviewed nutrition studies in short videos, articles and podcasts, searchable by food and disease. It argues consistently for plant-based eating, so readers can follow the research behind that position and check its sources. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://nutritionfacts.org **Tags:** plant-based-diet, nutrition-research, chronic-disease-prevention, evidence-summaries ### 4. eatright.org EatRight.org is the consumer site of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, offering evidence-based nutrition guidance, healthy eating tips, meal planning ideas, and resources to locate a registered dietitian. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://eatright.org **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ## Podcasts ### 1. The Sports Nutrition Podcast **Author:** Dr Laurent Bannock, The Institute of Performance Nutrition For current and aspiring sports and exercise nutritionists! The Institute of Performance Nutrition's We Do Science podcast, hosted by Dr Laurent Bannock, features a wide variety of leading guest experts (elite practitioners and scientists) with expertise in sport and exercise nutrition, and related fields relevant to real-world practice. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://theiopn.com/podcasts/ **Tags:** sports-nutrition, podcast, exercise-science ## Papers ### 1. Nutrition for Endurance Sports: Marathon, Triathlon, and Road Cycling **Author:** Asker Jeukendrup Peer-reviewed review from the 2010 IOC sports nutrition consensus on fuelling marathon, triathlon and road-cycling races. Covers causes of fatigue (dehydration, carbohydrate depletion, gut distress, heat, sodium imbalance) and evidence-based intake targets, including multiple-transportable carbohydrates up to 90 g per hour. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2011.610348 **Tags:** sports-nutrition, endurance-fueling, carbohydrate-intake, hydration, race-nutrition ### 2. Evidence-based recommendations for natural bodybuilding contest preparation: nutrition and supplementation **Author:** Eric R. Helms, Alan A. Aragon, Peter J. Fitschen Open-access peer-reviewed review of nutrition and supplementation for natural bodybuilding contest preparation, covering rate of weight loss, protein and macronutrient targets, refeeds, peak week, evidence-backed supplements and psychological risks. Readers can plan a contest diet grounded in published evidence. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4033492/ **Tags:** contest-preparation, natural-bodybuilding, sports-nutrition, protein-intake, supplementation, peak-week ### 3. International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: Protein and Exercise **Author:** Ralf Jäger, Chad Kerksick, Bill Campbell, Stuart Phillips, Abbie Smith-Ryan, Jose Antonio, et al. Open-access position stand giving fourteen numbered recommendations on protein for exercising people: daily intake ranges, per-meal doses and leucine thresholds, distribution across the day, timing around training, protein quality, and pre-sleep casein. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5477153/ **Tags:** protein-intake, sports-nutrition, nutrient-timing, leucine-threshold, muscle-protein-synthesis, position-stand ## Books ### 1. The Muscle and Strength Pyramid: Nutrition (Third Edition) **Author:** Eric Helms, Andy Morgan, Andrea Valdez Evidence-based nutrition guide for strength and physique athletes, arranged by priority: energy balance and rate of weight change, macronutrients, micronutrients, nutrient timing and supplements. Covers bulking, cutting and diet breaks, so readers can set and adjust their own intake. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/Muscle-Strength-Pyramid-Nutrition/dp/B0G6G5QQNL?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** sports-nutrition, energy-balance, macronutrients, bulking-and-cutting, nutrient-timing, supplementation ### 2. Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook **Author:** Nancy Clark A practical guide to sports nutrition from registered dietitian Nancy Clark, covering hydration, carbohydrate and protein needs, supplements, and weight management for athletes. Readers learn to translate nutrition science into everyday meal planning for training and competition. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736074155?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, nutrition ### 3. Sports Nutrition: A Practice Manual for Professionals **Author:** Christine A. Rosenbloom A reference manual from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics covering evidence-based nutrition guidance across sports and life stages, from youth to masters athletes. Written for dietitians and coaches who advise athletes on fueling, hydration, and supplementation. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0880914521?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, nutrition ### 4. Nutrition for Sport and Exercise **Author:** Marie Dunford, J. Andrew Doyle A textbook integrating exercise physiology and nutrition science, examining research behind current athlete dietary recommendations. Covers diet planning, disordered eating, and nutrient needs across training phases, preparing students and practitioners to apply evidence-based sports nutrition principles. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0495014834?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, nutrition ## Courses ### 1. Advanced Sports Nutrition Learn about Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and understand how nutrition can support exercise and sports performance. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.edx.org/learn/nutrition/wageningen-university-research-nutrition-exercise-and-sports **Tags:** courses, health-medicine, nutrition --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. 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