"Sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald has spent nearly twenty years studying the diets of top professional endurance athletes, who are among the fittest and healthiest people in the world. As a result, he has identified five core habits--most of which are contrary to what popular diets advise--that are essential to maximizing workout benefits. The Endurance Diet shares key strategies for optimal health and performance: eat everything, eat quality, eat carbohydrate, eat enough, and eat individually. Whether you want to lose weight, win a race, or look a little more like an elite athlete, this plan is for you. "I am always amazed at how much I learn from Matt Fitzgerald's books."--Shalane Flanagan, Olympic bronze medalist"-- Provided by publisher.

Foreword / by Asker Jeukendrup -- The diet of the world's fittest people -- Why you should eat like an elite -- Habit 1: Eat everything -- Habit 2: Eat quality -- Habit 3: Eat carb-centered -- Habit 4: Eat enough -- Habit 5: Eat individually -- Building elite eating habits -- Fine-tuning your endurance diet -- Endurance "superfoods" -- Endurance diet recipes -- Diet-exercise synergy.