Sport nutrition : an introduction to energy production and performance / Asker Jeukendrup, Michael Gleeson.
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TextPublication details: Champaigne, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, c2010.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 473 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN: - 9780736079624 (pbk.) :
- 9780736079624 (pbk.) :
- Physical fitness -- Nutritional aspects
- Athletes -- Nutrition -- Requirements
- Nutrition
- Athletes -- Nutrition
- Sports training & coaching
- Dietetics & nutrition
- Health, relationships & personal development
- Health and Wellbeing
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Sports Medicine -- methods
- Exercise -- physiology
- Food
- Physical Fitness -- physiology
- 613.2024796 JEU
- TX361.A8 J48 2010
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Previous ed.: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nutrients -- Nutrients and recommended intakes -- Fuel sources for muscle and exercise metabolism -- Energy -- Gastric emptying, digestion, and absorption -- Carbohydrate -- Fat -- Protein and amino acids -- Water requirements and fluid balance -- Vitamins and minerals -- Nutrition supplements -- Nutrition and training adaptations -- Body composition -- Weight management -- Eating disorders in athletes -- Nutrition and immune function in athletes.
This text provides a comprehensive discussion of the scientific principles behind sports nutrition, including the background and rationale for current nutritional guidelines.