Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance 2nd Edition

Muscle Building, Endurance, and Strength

Debasis Bagchi, Sreejayan Nair, Chandan K. Sen
Elsevier S&T
818 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0128139226
October 2018

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.