The Zone diet is a diet popularized in books by biochemist Barry Sears. It advocates balancing protein and carbohydrate in 3:4 ratios. It is not primarily a weight-loss "diet", though it can be used quite successfully for that purpose.

As an athlete, you make extreme demands on your body. To achieve your personal best, increase endurance or perform at an optimal level, you must stay nutritionally fit. Scientific studies show that improved performance may be achieved by proper diet and nutrition. Maximize your health, reduce your risk of injury and obtain a new personal best.

Many people think that athletes are examples of health and that it is strictly related to their nutrition plans and a lot of exercise. Well, in some cases it is true, but there are still people who consider themselves as athletes and practice some totally inappropriate diet, what may finally end in serious health problems.

I am not a big athlete, but in the upcoming year I am going to be training for a half marathon and I don't know what kind of diet I should be on. I am looking for a nice simple plan that would be easy to understand and follow to ensure I am getting the proper nutritional needs.

Here's what you need to know about diet and nutrition for weight training and bodybuilding. In fact it’s not all that different from a normal healthy athlete’s diet, except for some emphasis on quantity and meal timing in various training phases. This however, is where the detail becomes very important.

Nutrition help for Runners / Athletes.