Guide to sports nutrition based on managing carbohydrate intake. Looks at how both low and high glycemic index foods can help you achieve peak performance. Discusses the importance of carbohydrates in your diet for achieving peak performance. Includes case studies, menu plans, quizzes, glycemic index table and recommended reading. Brand-Miller is Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney. Colagiuri is Director of the Diabetes Centre and Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Foster-Powell is a dietitian with Wentworth Area Diabetes Services. O'Connor is sports dietitian and lecturer in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Sydney.