| Author(s) | Debasis Bagchi, Sreejayan Nair, Chandan K. Sen |
 | Year | 2019
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 | Pages | 759 |
 | Language | English |
 | Format | PDF |
 | Size | 23.5 MB
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 | Publisher | Academic Press |
 | ISBN | 0128139226, 978-0128139226, B07J9N3SVF |
Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance: Muscle Building, Endurance and Strength, Second Edition,
includes comprehensive sections on the role of nutrition in human
health, various types of physical exercises, including cardiovascular
training, resistance training, aerobic and anaerobic exercises,
bioenergetics and energy balance, and the nutritional requirements
associated with each. Other sections cover sports and nutritional
requirements, the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle building, an
exhaustive review of various foods, minerals, supplements,
phytochemicals, amino acids, transition metals, competition training,
healthy cooking, physical training, and lifestyle and dietary
recommendations for sports performance.
This updated edition
includes new chapters on mood, alertness, calmness and psychomotor
performance in sports, extreme sports, natural myostatin inhibitor and
lean body mass, the benefits of caffeine in sport nutrition
formulations, the role of vitamin D in athletic performance, probiotics
and muscle mass.
- Provides a comprehensive appraisal of the nutritional benefits of exercise in human health
- Compiles chapters reviewing the nutritional prophylaxis in human health
- Addresses performance enhancement drugs and sports supplements
- Presents various types of physical exercises and addresses exercise and nutritional requirements in special populations
- Discusses sports nutrition and the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle building
- Contains
an exhaustive review of various food, minerals, supplements,
phytochemicals, amino acids, transition metals, small molecules and
other ergogenic agents
- Highlights the aspects of healthy cooking, physical training, lifestyle and dietary recommendations for sports performance
