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This month, Global Chefs, a top culinary magazine maintained by Jeremy Emmerson, a top chef featured in People Magazine and on Rachel Ray, gave a big thumbs up to Gourmet Nutrition and the Precision Nutrition program.

Here's what Global Chefs had to say...

August 2008
At last, a cookbook for food lovers and athletes alike… the Gourmet Nutrition cookbook.

The idea for the book came from sports nutritional guru John Berardi PhD, a guy that has the smarts of a geek but the build football player, one look him is all you’ll need to know, that he knows his stuff.

He enlisted a few pals, chef Michael Williams, John Williams PhD, personal trainer Kristina Andrew and photographer Jason Grenci.

Featuring over 120 great recipes for a high-performance body, Gourmet Nutrition’s recipes cover breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, and each is accompanied by relevant nutritional data and recommended portion size (for men and women). The book is beautifully produced with full-page color photographs for every recipe. But this is not the end of the tale…

Gourmet Nutrition also contains basic meal plan templates to show you how much to eat and when to eat it in four scenarios: non-exercise day, morning workout, afternoon workout and evening workout. This is a pared down version of Dr. Berardi’s well crafted Precision Nutrition program, a great starting point for anyone who wants to get in shape by exercising and eating really good food.

You hear it all the time - from your mom, from dietitians, from doctors, from coaches, heck, even from your uncle Jimmy.

Just eat a "balanced diet" and you should be fine.

Of course, the fact that no one ever mentions what actually constitutes a "balanced diet" only adds to the mystique and allure of this mythical creature.

However, new research suggests that even when folks try to eat a "balanced diet" they usually miss the mark.

Indeed, in one recent study, over 70 diets were analyzed and every single one was deficient in 3 or more nutrients. And some diets were deficient in about 15 nutrients!

Not good - but completely preventable.

Click here to find out how...