Agate Surrey Fuel Your Body: How to Cook and Eat for Peak Performance: 77 Simple, Nutritious, Whole-Food Recipes for Every Athlete

This cookbook is an amazing value. It's really a comprehensive book on sports performance nutrition with a ton of great recipes. I don't do well with complicated recipes, and this Angie does a great job of simplifying everything so even a novice like me can succeed in the kitchen. The book covers everything from meal prep to nutrition basics to sports performance nutrition, and the recipes include everything I could want. I certainly haven't come close to making everything in here, but everything I've tried so far has been great. Definitely worth picking up.

This book uses American measures (such as needing to know your body mass in pounds) and results in it being un-useable for me without my phone on hand to translate. Now I know that tamari is soy sauce and scallions are spring onions but buying chicken in pounds and measuring vegetables in cups is not my preferred way of cooking. It’s an attractive book but when there is a focus on exactly how much protein, carbs and fibre are optimum for the athlete, it’s disappointing that there is no information on the number of calories in each recipe, or any nutritional value data at all. At nearly £20 I should have sent it back. Maybe I will now.

My son showed me Chris Pratt’s transformation from mushy comic to fit Starlord. It inspired me to start lifting weights to get fit and to see if I too can transform the shape of my body after 45. I wanted to simulate the experience of a celebrity with a fitness trainer & nutritionist so researched, got into the idea of body recompositioning & looked for cookbooks written for athletes.Found this one.I like it, does the job of providing me with a full suite of recipes that support my desired change from a carb-fat consumer to a clean protein machine.Includes Smoothies, soups & handhelds, mains, snacks & desserts all formulated to support a clean, antioxidant rich, energy efficient diet.I’ve been cooking for a family of 3 exclusively from this book for about a month now and I’m about to cycle in another one for variety but will stick with many of the staples I’ve discovered here.My favorites are: chocolate banana smoothie, 3 ingredients energy bites, sweet potato Turkey chili, Thai peanut chicken, shrimp and broccoli stir fry.My favorite part aside from the taste of the recipes is the nutritional index in the back. I can enter all the relevant info into MyFitnessPal to “create a food” and keep track of macros.My one complaint is the overly styled food photos - they are good looking imaginary versions of the actual food. Meaning, the food photographed could not be made with the actual ingredients- for example the Banana Chocolate smoothie tastes really good and I love the way it makes me feel, but it’s got 2 cups of spinach in it. It’s an unattractive brown & green drink. It tastes best when you don’t look at it - not at all the cute chocolatey thing in the picture.But if photo inaccuracy doesn’t bug you this is a non issue.Overall, very good.Money well spent & we are healthier because of it.

This book is amazing for so many different reasons - it's perfect for those wanting to be educated and given recipes to improve overall health while also being a staple for those who are already knowledgeable about wellness and performance. Whether you're an athlete, someone just starting out on a healthy lifestyle change, or just someone into fitness who wants an extra tool in their toolbox, this book is a minefield of useful information and recipes. I really really love how she incorporates basics on macros, calculating your RMR and performance foods, then goes deeper into energy needs, timing of meals, and subjects like creatine and probiotics. She even includes meal plans for those wanting to lose weight, gain weight, and vegan/vegetarian plans with recipe variations. For ANYONE coming to me with questions about where to start or even friends of mine like me who are already years deep into their athletic performance / wellness journey, I direct them to this book. I'm someone who also has a heavy science-based background, and this book spares no expense with study-based facts and nutrition (even nutrition facts of each recipe for both weight loss and weight gain at the back fo the book). No matter where you're at with your health, everyone has someone to gain from purchasing this book. I HIGHLY recommend!

Angie Asche’s book “Fuel Your Body” is the proverbial “Holy Grail” of this genre! Not only does she write in layman’s terms (even though her intellectual prowess far exceeds the verbiage she chooses to write with), she also goes out of her way to demystify the commonly misunderstood relationships between macronutrients....even providing plant based options vs. omnivore options, while demonizing neither. One of the key take-aways you’ll instantly notice about her book is the lack of the commercialized feel that many sports and nutrition books espouse. This subtlety keeps you far away from the idea that you’re being sold something later on!She makes no overt effort to put herself in the spotlight; instead helps the reader delineate where they themselves stand in the spectrum of fitness and sports nutrition. It’s her obvious intention to educate the reader...and when the reader is armed with that knowledge of their personal basal metabolic rate plus their activity level, they then can incorporate some or all of her recipes (and portion recommendations) to help people achieve their personal goals.The recipes are designed with a regular person in mind. However, some of these dishes have a very gourmet feel to them without complex ingredients or instructions (which in my opinion is designed to help those of us who are afraid of the kitchen overcome those fears!) Additionally, anyone purchasing this book will notice the variety, making the 77 recipes easily repeatable as the year progresses.In a nutshell, I believe the information contained in Fuel Your Body is relevant to essentially anyone looking to gain valid, lifelong, insight into what the human body needs to thrive...and perform at its peak!