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Greetings,
This week: great advice from Cherie Gruenfeld on
nutrition for race day, what separates high-quality
amino acid supplements from others, and why
peanuts can be an important part of a healthy diet.
Have a great week.
- D.I. Minkoff, MD
| Are Some Amino Acids Better Than Others? |
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Just this week a reader wrote me saying that he saw
a product on the market that had a mixture of eight
essential amino acids and was just like MAP.
Would I take a look at it? MAP is a unique
patented formula, so this sounded fishy. When I
looked into it, I found that, yes, the other product
did claim to have eight amino acids, but one of the
essential ones, called tryptophan, was missing, and
another amino acid that is not essential was
substituted.
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| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on ... PEANUTS! |
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Are peanuts good for you? I must admit, they
are one of my favorite foods. A recent article written
on peanuts warms my heart. It turns out they are
one of the highest antioxidant foods we have!
Peanuts have long been considered a party
food -- something salty and crunchy to munch on
while making small talk. But now their concentration
of antioxidants and monounsaturated (good) fat are
making peanuts a player in the healthy-eating game.
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| How Are Athletes Training and Racing Better? |
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Because most athletes are protein malnourished
and don't know it. Their lab tests for serum proteins
look "normal." But their bodies do not function as well
as they could. Protein malnutrition will cause
premature aging, oxidative stress, muscle breakdown,
decreased bone density, slower recovery, and
chronic injury. Athletes who are vegans or
vegetarians have nearly a 100 percent chance that
this is true, as the quality of the proteins they eat is
inadequate. MAP can improve performance and
recovery because it supplies the needed amino acids
to the body in a manner that no other food or
supplement can match. That's why it works.
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| "Quicker Recovery Times and Higher Energy Levels" |
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"I have tried many of the supplements available on
the market today and have found few that truly do
what they promise. MAP is one of those few.
Being a World Class Athlete, proper diet and
supplementation is crucial to the recovery process
and ultimately performance. I experienced quicker
recovery times and higher energy levels while using
MAP. I would recommend this product to anyone
looking to enhance a healthy lifestyle, from the
weekend warrior to the elite athlete."
Brian Frasure
Paralympic Sprinter
200 Meter World Record Holder
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| Three ways to earn Free MAP |
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We have several programs through which you
can earn free MAP.
MAP Winner's Circle --
Win your age group in a sanctioned event and win a
free bottle of MAP.
Automatic Re-order Program
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When you sign up for our Auto Re-order program,
every 12th bottle is free.
Affiliate Program
-- Register as an Affiliate, then have the people
you refer enter your name on their order form. Every
time you have earned 12 credits, we will ship you a
free bottle of MAP.
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Structuring Nutrition for Optimum Training and Racing |
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By Cherie Gruenfeld, Ironman World Champion (60-
64 age group)
Nutrition during training and racing is perhaps the
most critical factor in an athlete's ability to get the
most out of his or her genetics. Fortunately, it's also
something that we have complete control over.
Nutrition during a short event is fairly easy to
manage. However, during an Ironman event, handling
race-day nutrition well is the most important thing
you can do in your quest for the podium or a PR.
Your training should prepare you for a race day that
is just another long training day, but which happens
to be with 2000 close friends and catered. This
means that while you're training your body for the
swim/bike/run, you're also training your gut for the
entire day. Don't expect your gut to handle massive
amounts of Gatorade and GU if you haven't been
giving it massive amounts during training.
And since it's unreasonable to expect your body
to . . .
Read the rest . . .
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