My Books

The Vegan Athlete’s Cookbook, 2021

The Vegan Athlete’s Cookbook offers 100 delicious recipes with the nutrients you need to train, recover and perform. With a focus on performance, every recipe has been created to provide a high level of nutrients that will fuel your body. All the main meal recipes supply at least 20g protein per serving, the optimal amount needed for muscle recovery.

The Vegetarian Athlete’s Cookbook, 2017

The way we eat is changing. More and more of us are opting to eat fewer animal products or to cut them out entirely. Eating well to support a training regimen presents its own challenges, but as celebrated nutritionist Anita Bean shows, it is possible to eat delicious, healthy food and reach your athletic potential.

Vegetarian Meals in 30 Minutes, 2019

Grounded in scientific evidence, Vegetarian Meals in 30 Minutes is a cookbook and sports nutrition guide rolled into one that translates science into practice with over 100 recipes to show you how to eat well and improve your performance through simple and delicious vegetarian cooking.

The Runner’s Cookbook, 2018

The Runner’s Cookbook features more than 100 delicious recipes to fuel your running. With a foreword from five-time Olympian Jo Pavey, the book provides evidence-based nutrition advice on fuelling before, during and after running, guidance on hydration and supplements and how to prepare for 5k, 10k, half marathons, marathons and ultra races.

The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, 9th edition, 2022

The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition is the definitive practical handbook for anyone wanting a performance advantage. This fully updated and revised edition incorporates the latest cutting-edge research. It provides the current consensus recommendations of leading sports organisations as well as the latest findings from hundreds of sports nutrition studies around the world.

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Food For Fitness, 2014

Food for Fitness is the ultimate resource for anyone who is serious about sport or fitness.. Now in its fourth edition, this bestselling book has been updated to include the very latest nutrition research for exercise and performance, and is packed with easy, delicious and nutritious recipes and snacks and helpful new menu plans.

The Complete Guide to Strength Training, 2015

The Complete Guides series blends expert information and accessibility. The Complete Guide to Strength Training is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to increase strength and resculpt their body. Featuring proven training programmes and evidence-based nutritional guidance, it delivers comprehensive workouts for beginners, intermediates and elite athletes.

Sports Supplements – Which nutritional supplements really work?, 2015

A handy A-Z guide to the most popular sports supplements. More and more of us are looking to sports supplements to gain a competitive advantage and to aid recovery – but do they really work? Media reports and manufacturer claims can be confusing – and often downright wrong.What should you take? What shouldn’t you take?