Nutrient Timing

“As a sports dietitian with experience working with athletes of all ages, I often get asked for recommendations for a book that summarizes what athletes need to know about nutrition, and Nutrient Timing is it. Grounded in science (with practical application strategies to back it up) and written by a veteran sports dietitian, this is information you can trust and begin applying immediately to help you fuel to win!”-Amy Culp, RD, CSSD, LD, CEDS-S, Assistant Athletics Director for Performance Nutrition & Clinical Wellness at the University of Texas, Past President of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association, and Owner of Amy Culp Nutrition“Being able to readily implement solid nutrition strategies is critical to unleashing peak athletic performance. However, there is often a lack of evidence-based sports nutrition books and resources that provide these strategies in a format that is easy to follow, with actionable takeaways. In Nutrient Timing, athletes can tap into the essential knowledge they need to excel. This book is your comprehensive guide to fueling your body effectively, with a focus on science-supported, actionable solutions. Whether you’re seeking to optimize energy, enhance recovery, or simply build better nutrition habits, this book provides the tools and insights to take your performance to the next level.”-Jessica Isaacs, RD, CSSD, Private Practice Sports Dietitian With Experience in Collegiate and NBA Basketball“Lauren always keeps it real. Buying in to what she told me and trusting her as the expert in nutrition is a big part of what helped me be successful in college and take my game to the next level in the NFL.”-Rondale Moore, Wide Receiver for the Arizona Cardinals

Lauren Link, MS, RD, CSSD, is an assistant athletics director and the director of sports nutrition for Purdue University Athletics, where she oversees the sports nutrition program and works with football, men’s basketball, volleyball, and women’s soccer. Her primary duties include providing individual and team nutrition education; providing counseling and medical nutrition therapy as needed; evaluating supplements for legality, safety, and efficacy; assessing body composition and identifying athletes at high risk for bone injury using Lunar iDXA technology; overseeing the fueling stations and athletic dining hall; and managing a seven-figure budget to provide all teams with appropriate nutrition.

In addition to fueling her athletes for success on the playing field, she is also passionate about helping athletes successfully navigate the transition into the real world. She has led multiple initiatives to this end, founding the Purdue student-athlete community garden and spearheading a program called BLAST-for Boiler Life After Sport-designed to help address key components of athletes’ transition to “normal” life. In 2017 she published her first book on the subject: The Healthy Former Athlete.

Link graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor of science degree in dietetics and health, nutrition, and fitness (December 2011) and a master of science degree in health and kinesiology (December 2019). She was a member of Purdue women’s soccer team from 2007 through 2011 and was part of the 2007 Big Ten tournament championship team. She is a registered dietitian (RD) and holds the Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) credential. She is active within the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA) and is a member of the Sports and Human Performance Nutrition (SHPN) practice group.