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Nutrition and enhanced sports performance : muscle building, endurance, and strength /
Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance: Muscle Building, Endurance, and Strength provides a comprehensive overview to understanding the integrated impact of nutrition on performance. The book is divided into five main themes: An introductory overview of the role of nutrition in human healthVariou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Science,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; I: Nutrition and Human Health; 1 Nutritional Supplementation in Health and Sports Performance; Introduction; Definitions; Nutritional Supplement Recommendations for Athletes; Safety Issues; Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Glycemic Index, Food Exchange Values and Exercise Performance; Glycemic Index; Glycemic Load; Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load and Metabolic Responses; Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load and Chronic Disease Risk.
- Glycemic Index, Metabolic Responses and Exercise PerformanceThe Effect of Different GI of Pre-Exercise Meals on Physical Performance; Improvement of Physical Performance; No Effect of GI on Exercise Performance; Ingestion of Carbohydrates During Exercise Following a Pre-Exercise Meal; Carbohydrates Loading; Glycemic Load, Metabolic Responses and Exercise Performance; Food Exchange Values in Health And Exercise; Calculation of Food Exchanges; Conclusions; References; 3 Performance Enhancement Drugs and Sports Supplements for Resistance Training; Introduction; Testosterone and Anabolic Steroids.
- Physiological Production of Testosterone and Related Side Effects of AbuseTestosterone and AS Combined with Resistance Training; Testosterone use in High-Level Powerlifters; Protein Synthesis and Myonuclear Content; Androgen Receptor; Conclusions; Creatine Monohydrate; Creatine Synthesis and Mechanisms of Action; Creatine Supplementation and Performance; Conclusion; Beta-Hydroxy Beta-Methylbutyrate (HMB); HMB Metabolism; Effects of HMB Supplementation; Mechanisms of Action; Conclusions; Caffeine; Mechanisms of Action; Psychophysiological Mechanisms; Conclusions; References.
- II: Exercise and Human Health4 Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease; Introduction; Physiological Responses of the Cardiovascular System to Exercise; Determinants of Functional Capacity (see for review); The Heart; Lungs; Peripheral Circulation; Assessment of Functional Capacity; Exercise and Health; All-cause Mortality; Coronary Artery Disease; Exercise and Primary Prevention; Exercise in Secondary Prevention of CHD; Hypertension; Body Weight; Diabetes Mellitus; How Much Exercise is Enough?; Are the Benefits of Exercise Universal?; References.
- 5 Resistance Training and Physical Exercise in Human HealthResistance Training in Human Health; Blood Pressure; Blood Lipids; Glucose Management; Visceral Adiposity; Weight Management; Resistance Training and Resting Energy Expenditure; Resistance Training and 24-hour Energy Expenditure; Resistance Training and Daily Physical Activity; Resistance Training and Fat Free Mass; Resistance Training Without Energy Restriction and Body Weight; Resistance Training During Energy Restriction; Resistance Training Versus Aerobic Exercise During Energy Restriction.