The Renaissance Diet 2.0 is your comprehensive guide to optimizing performance, body composition, and long-term diet success. Co-authored by leading experts in sport nutrition and physiology, this expanded edition delivers a clear, evidence-based approach to eating for your goals—whether that’s muscle gain, fat loss, or maximizing athletic output.
What You’ll Learn:
How to structure your diet for fat loss, muscle growth, or maintenance
The science behind calories, macros, nutrient timing, and supplements
How to adapt your diet based on training phases and body comp goals
Common diet myths debunked with peer-reviewed research
Advanced strategies for competitors, athletes, and serious lifters
Perfect For:
Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the science behind dieting—especially athletes, physique competitors, or anyone who wants to take control of their nutrition with confidence and clarity.
Written By:
Dr. Mike Israetel, Dr. Melissa David, Dr. Jen Case, and Dr. James Hoffmann — leading experts in sport physiology and nutrition, and core members of the RP Strength team.
The Renaissance Diet 2.0 eBook is a comprehensive guide to optimizing performance, body composition, and diet success. It offers scientifically-backed research, expert advice, and a clear approach to dieting for various goals. Customers praise its easy-to-digest content, useful information, and the amazing results it delivers.
"An excellent resource with both a solid yet accessible theoretical overview and valuable practical guidelines and tips." — Giulia G.
"A fantastic comprehensive guide for the perfect diet" — Mark M.
"Easy Read with Great Information" — Reagan M.
Reviews
This eBook really improved my
"This eBook really improved my understanding of principles and considerations of scientific dieting to achieve specific goals. It is well-written and organized intuitively, and it is pretty thorough in covering many topics from the basics all the way to common myths."
— Sean M. (5/5)
*Thumbs up*
"It provides a great idea of what dieting principles one should follow. The sources of food and how they effect one's body is described to the fullest extent. It is a great resource for anyone trying to understand what goes into a diet."
— Hunter S. (5/5)
Very Impressed
"Best nutrition app and website Ive come across! Easy to use, easy to edit, and Ive had great success"
— Jacinta J. (5/5)
RP template
"I have worked out or been active since high school. From just sports to running to hot yoga to more recently weights and CrossFit style workouts. I Have battled the scale my entire life. Battled an eating disorder. I workout 5-6 days a week. And I was eating completely wrong. Not fueling body at all. Not giving the proper nutrients. RP has showed me how to eat properly to get my body and mind healthy. I’m eating breakfast. Making meals full of good food. Yes I have a burger and beer on a night out but then jump right back on schedule next day. That is life! I don’t feel guilty for eating carbs. I look at as the fuel to get the machine running. You can’t expect a car to run on E why should I ever expect my body to. Thank you for showing me what I can do to properly run my body"
— Carly K. (5/5)
The more you know
"Absolutely informative and helpful in staying on track to keep my body healthy and strong for training."
— Sophia D. (5/5)
Amazingly easy to read and understand
"This book has really helped me figure out how to do this whole eating thing. The book is really well written and makes really complex topics seem so simple. I have been obese a majority of my life and in the past few years I tried all the new diet fads, they always seem so sexy and fun. Don’t get me wrong I have lost weight with some of them but none that I tried were sustainable. With this diet it’s not that way. This is a long term solution that teaches you how to feed your body to achieve your goal. I am currently in the middle of my second month of my first fat loss cycle and the weight is coming off while my strength is increasing."
— Randy T. (5/5)
Renaissance 2.0
"All I can say is I love the program. It’s helping this 49yr old get to where he wants to be with Nutrition."
— Douglas W. (5/5)
The Renaissance Diet 2.0
"I've done two very successful cuts using the templates. I followed them strictly and blindly with amazing results. So positive were the results I bought the book in the hope of understanding the science behind my success. The book is excellent and means that much more for those already following the science either in Template, App, or 1:1 format. Jim Wojciehowski"
— James W. (5/5)
Good first iteration of an app, but not quite there yet.
"It takes a little getting used to if you are used to the templates. It requires a little more foresight as to what your week and schedule will look like. I'd really like the ability to choose multiple different foods from each category. If I choose a higher fat protein I loose all higher fat carbs even if, for example, I want a turkey pattie with egg white breakfast sandwich it won't let you have both. It would also be nice to change units on the food items. I usually use grams but occasionally an ounce measurement would be helpful especially when at the meat counter and having them weigh out you protein."
— Don W. (4/5)
The Best
"RP Diet 2.0 is your one stop shop to nutrition for athletic performance, end of story. On top of taking care of the pyramid fundamentals it also includes cool things like hunger management and diet adherence as well as cool things water cutting and special diet considerations. This was the key selling point for me as someone more advanced who has competed and counted macros before i loved the extra distance this book takes it with those smaller details. It gives you the scientific basics of nutrition but then helps you apply it like a pro"
— Kelly K. (5/5)
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