Macronutrient Basics

Lose weight and build muscle with this simplified guide to the macronutrient diet—including 50+ recipes—so you can achieve the healthy lifestyle you’ve been craving while enjoying the foods you love!

All over the world, people have been looking for ways to lose weight and build lean muscle while still eating all the foods they enjoy. The macro diet has gained popularity with its flexible approach to eating that allows all food groups and simply requires keeping track of your macro intake. But calculating those macros and planning meals around them can be both confusing and time consuming!

In Macronutrient Basics, you’ll find easy-to-understand explanations and tips on how to adapt the macro diet to fit your needs—plus easy, delicious recipes and sample meal plans. Whether you’re an athlete looking to boost your performance or a recovering couch potato who wants to lose weight and gain energy without giving up the foods you love, this is the all-inclusive guide to accomplishing your goals.

Macronutrient Basics makes it easy to follow this flexible diet plan with a simplified take on the macronutrient diet that will help you transform your lifestyle—and your health!

Matt Dustin, CSCS, is a personal trainer, author, and online fitness coach based out of San Diego, California. In addition to earning his bachelor’s degree in exercise science, Matt is a certified strength and conditioning specialist, and a precision nutrition coach. He’s been training clients since 2011, and has worked with high-level athletes, models, actors, CEOs, and everyone in between. Matt is the author of The Everything Guide to the Carb Cycling Diet, The Everything Guide to Macronutrients, and Macronutrient Basics and he’s been featured on AskMen, T-Nation, Bodybuilding.com, Sports Illustrated, Muscle & Strength, and many other publications.