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Cespedes, Andrea. "Protein Diets For Muscle Building For The Serious Athlete." //LIVESTRONG//. 30 June 2010. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. . Andrea Cespedes is a certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor. She has worked as a fitness instructor for over 20 years and specializes in cycling, running, yoga, pilates and strength training. She is also a professionally-trained chef trained at the Institute of Culinary Educationand has focused studies in nutrition. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University and a Masters from Columbia University. She has a high knowledge for the subject and can be considered an expert. This article is an informational report about the importance of proteins. It is intended for athletes. This author is saying that proteins are an important part of an athlete's diet and is needed to build and develop lean muscles. The author explains why proteins are extremely important for athletes. Athletes need to intake a certain amount of protein per pound of body weight per day to maintain muscle mass, and more to increase muscle mass. Protein should be consumed before and after a workout to ensure muscle growth. "Men and women should take in between 1.5 grams and 2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight…depend[ing] on the intensity of your exercise routine" (Cespedes). This supports my argument because it is saying that for an athlete to perform their best and get better they must eat correctly. This work is logical, clear, and well-researched. The article is easy to read and is labeled well. The author uses statistics to show the amount of protein an athlete needs, so the research was done well and the entire article makes complete sense. The author wrote the entire article on the topic of proteins for athletes, so it was very well addressed. This author took an objective stance because she is stating that proteins are important, but not that they are more important than any other macronutrient. From this source I learned the importance of proteins and how they affect an athlete's performance. This supports my argument because it talks about how an athlete's protein diet affects their performance. This helps me by furthering my argument that an athlete's diet affects their performance.

Dettamanti, Dante. "Water Polo Sports Nutrition Goals." //Water Polo Planet//. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. . Dante Dettamanti has a Masters degree in sports nutrition and served as the head coach of Stanford University's water polo team for over 25 years before retiring in 2001. He had been around athletes for over 25 years, and has a degree in nutrition so he is an expert on the subject. This piece is both informational and persuasive and is intended to be read by athletes who strive to succeed. According to Dettamanti, the most difficult task of any coach is convincing their players to eat the right foods to perform at their optimal level. The major point of the article is that if an athlete does not properly fuel themselves, he or she will not perform at their best. They need to eat balanced diets with a variety of foods, but moderate their intake of high fat and high sugar foods. High fat and high sugar foods are the types of foods that negatively affect and athletes performance and health. Athletes need to eat correctly to perform at their best, and to do that they need to eat carbs, proteins, and fats. Carbs cannot fuel an athlete on their own, so proteins and healthy fats should be consumed every day. Athletes need quality carbs, fruits and vegetables, healthy proteins, and healthy fats to survive in any sport. The author uses stats to support their argument, which ultimately supports my argument as well. An endurance athlete's (like a water polo player) diet should be around 60% carbohydrates, 25% proteins, and 15% fats. This work is logical, clear, and well-researched. Everything stated is easily readable and makes sense. Statistics are used and the article is completely factual and is very well researched. All of the facts match other articles and are supported with examples. The topic is addressed throughout the entire article. The author is motivated to argue a certain position in that an athlete's diet does affect their performance. From this source I learned many facts on athletes diets. I learned the statistics and percentages that athletes should intake and more information on the importance of including a variety of food in ones diet. This supports my argument because the author is a former college coach who has seen how diets affect athletes performances, and he agrees with my argument. This helps to develop my argument by proving its validity.

Lipton, Yael. "Fuel Your Run." //Fitness Magazine//. 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. . Yael Lipton Director of health education at a community healthcare network and the manager of community partnerships at Food Change. Yael is a writer for fitness magazine. This source is an informational report about what a runner needs to fuel their activity. It is intended for athletes, but primarily people who are doing running training. “‘Good nutrition should be part of your ongoing training, not something you start to do only in the weeks leading up to the race’” (Lipton). That is the main theme of this article. This author believes that one should begin training, nutritionally, weeks before a race or event, and not just the day of. An athlete who is participating in strenuous workouts should consume more calories than normal, but it all depends on how long the workout is. 60-70 percent of calories should be from carbohydrates, 20-30 percent from fat sources, and 10-15 from protein sources. One must also eat within an hour of when exercise has stopped. As one approaches competition day, they should add more complex carbs to their diet and drink more water. When it gets to be three to four days before the competition day, ones diet should consist of 70% carbs, 20% fats, and 10% protein. The article talks about what people should eat while training and competing because the type of food eaten influences how well one will perform. This work is logical. It matches what other sources say and everything makes sense. It is also very clear. The article is split up by topic and is easy to read. The source is completely factual and even lays out a diet plan, it was very well researched. The entire article is about what an athlete should eat, and how the food they eat affects their performance. The author is motivated to argue a certain position in this case. With the facts presented, she argues that athletes should have a strict regimen diet and that an athlete’s nutrition affects their performance. From this source I learned the percentages that someone should eat and specific foods that one should eat to perform at their best. The source presents the amount of calories that an athlete should eat before a competition. This helps my argument because now I have stats to back my argument. This helped me develop my argument because it supports it and allows me to see that what I am arguing is correct.

Johnson, Mark. "Nutrition Guide for the Athlete." //University of Minnesota Extension Service//. 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. . Mark Johnson is a registered and licensed dietitian. He works with the University of Minnesota Extension Service. He is an RD, so he is an expert in the subject. This article is an informational report about what athletes should eat to perform at their best. This is intended to be read by athletes and exercisers. The main point of this article is to inform athletes that they need to follow the basic guidelines for healthy eating. A proper diet will provide the energy for good health and athletic performance. Mark Johnson says that nutrition greatly affects ones performance and he writes about what kinds of foods and how many calories an athlete should eat. According to Mark, an athlete should avoid skipping meals, snack in between meals, and eat dairy daily for valuable nutrients. The amount an athlete should eat depends on their gender and activity. For example, a male hockey player should eat between 3000 and 4000 calories. A female golfer should eat between 1850 and 2150 calories, but an athlete should avoid eating unhealthy calories. A 3oz. chicken breast and a roll has 280 calories, which is equal to the amount of calories in a 2 oz bag of Doritos, but a chicken breast and a roll, nutritionally, is better for the human body than an 2 oz bag of Doritos. This work is very logical, clear and well researched. It is supported by facts, and does not contradict what I previously knew and what I have read. It is easy to read and is separated by topic and page, so the information is clear. It is completely factual and is supported with statistics and exact amounts, like calories within foods, and was well-researched. The topic was addressed throughout the entire article, and was again addressed in a brief summary at the end of the article. Mark Johnson took an objective stance on the topic. This source was very helpful to my research. From this source I learned exact amounts of calories an athlete should take in and different choices of foods to eat. This source supports my argument by showing the differences between unhealthy and healthy foods and talks about how they affect performance levels of athletes. This source gives me examples to use in my project and supports my argument.

Anthony Carpi, Ph.D. "Carbohydrates," //Visionlearning// Vol. CHE-2 (5), 2003. http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=61

"The Science Behind Carbohydrate." //Glucosanol//. 2010. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. .