There is a total of 114 topics featured in Exercise and Nutrition: Fact or fiction chapters.
I finally completed the book today. Next step is printing.
The book is 7x9 483 pages.
Below is the Foreword from Knowledge and Nonsense: the science of nutrition and exercise
FOREWORD
By Alan Aragon
This book is something more than your run-of-the-mill catharsis, it’s a testament to the complexity of science and the simplicity of common sense, and how they often overlap. And to understate things, Jamie is not your run-of-the-mill fitness author.
I consider Jamie both a friend and a colleague – in the sense that we share many of the same personal and professional goals. We share the same dissatisfaction (read: disgust) with the state of affairs in the fitness industry, particularly the propagation of what I call nonscience. We belong to an industry that is for the most part, emotionally driven. Get more muscle, lose more fat, become beautiful, stomp the competition, fulfill your dreams... That’s the message, but where’s the meat behind the claims and promises?
In a sea of opinion, hunch, hearsay, gossip, and good old-fashioned guesswork, there’s only one thing that can rise above it all, and that’s a little thing called science. Jamie has embraced the idea that nature can indeed be deciphered by the scientific method of closing in on cause-and-effect relationships. The best rummaging ground for this is the battery of published peer-reviewed trials. But nothing is taken on faith, without scrutiny, since bias abounds, even in the scientific realm. The quality of research is as important as the research itself. The strength of the study conclusions rests on the strength of the study designs.
One of the great, unique things about the book you hold in your hands is that it’s not an imaginative amalgamation of Jamie’s opinions. Rather, it’s a compilation of hundreds – if not thousands – of hours of digging through the primary published research. No claim is made on a whim or groundless belief. All of the topics have been put through the crucible of science. One of the unique aspects of this book is that Jamie lays out the research, but then he drops his personal take on the situation. So, you get the lab results cross-checked by real-world practice – something Jamie has 2 decade’s worth to draw upon.
When Jamie was in the beginning stages of writing Knowledge & Nonsense, I encouraged him to cover as many misunderstood & uninvestigated topics as possible. What resulted was an amazing brainstorm of ideas that could barely be contained within a manuscript more lengthy then many college texts. There are many topics in this book that I’ve always pondered but never had the time to investigate. I encouraged Jamie to make this book a mind-bending opus of breadth & depth, something that’s never been done before in our fickle, superficial industry...
And he did.
I’m honored to be introducing you to what’s likely to be one of the most valuable resources to ever grace your bookshelf. Knowing Jamie, he wouldn’t want you to read this book with blind faith and indiscriminate belief. He’d want you to question everything, and so would I... So buckle up, and get ready to drop your ego for the sake of becoming a student again.
Thanks,
Alan Aragon- Author of Girth Control
AlanAragon.com
Thanks to all of my research assistants in compiling this massive amount of information.
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