Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Military dietary reference intakes: process to establish, uses, and delivery methods
  • Mineral recommendations for military performance
  • Research needs
  • Answers to the military's questions
  • Appendixes
  • Workshop agenda
  • Workshop papers
  • Introduction to combat rations
  • Concerns about the effects of military environments on mineral metabolism and consequences of marginal deficiencies to performance / Karl E. Friedl
  • Derivation of the military dietary reference intakes and the mineral content of military rations / Carol J. Baker-Fulco
  • Mineral metabolism
  • Bioavailability of iron, zinc, and copper as influenced by host and dietary factors / Janet R. Hunt
  • Functional metabolism of copper, zinc, and iron / Cathy W. Levenson
  • Absorption mechanisms, bioavailability, and metabolism of calcium and magnesium / Connie M. Weaver
  • Drinking water as a source of mineral nutrition / Gerald F. Combs, Jr.
  • Assessment of zinc, copper, and magnesium status: current approaches and promising new directions / Carl L. Keen, Janet Y. Uriu-Adams
  • Stress factors affect homeostasis
  • Environmental stressors during military operations / Robert Carter, III, Samuel Cheuvront, Andrew J. Young, Michael N. Sawka
  • Mineral sweat losses during exercise / Emily M. Haymes
  • Stress factors affecting homeostasis: weight loss and mineral status / Steven B. Heymsfield
  • Protein turnover and mineral metabolism / Henry C. Lukaski
  • Minerals and the immune systems
  • Physical activity and tyrosine supplementation: two effective interventions against stress-induced immunosuppression / Monka Fleshner
  • Mineral intake needs and infectious diseases / Davidson H. Hamer
  • Copper, zinc, and immunity / Susan S. Percival
  • Impact of nutritional deficiencies and psychological stress on the innate immune response and viral pathogenesis / John F. Sheridan, Patricia A. Sheridan, Melinda A. Beck
  • Injury and optimization of recovery
  • The influence of minerals on muscle injury and recovery / Joseph G. Cannon
  • Physical activity and nutrition: effects on bone turnover, bone mass, and stress fracture / Jeri W. Nieves
  • Minerals and cognition and behavior
  • Evaluating nutritional effects on cognitive function in warfighters: lessons learned / Harris R. Lieberman
  • Iron and cognitive performance / John L. Beard, Laura E. Murray-Kolb
  • Zinc and other mineral nutrients required for cognitive function and behavior in military personnel / James G. Penland
  • Minerals and physical performance
  • Zinc, magnesium, and copper requirements and exercise / Henry C. Lukaski
  • The effects of iron deficiency on physical performance / Jere D. Haas.