Antioxidants in Sport Nutrition

• Autres auteurs: Lamprecht, Manfred (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Taylor & Francis 2015
• Sujets: Diets & dieting; Dietetics & nutrition; Sports injuries & medicine; Food & beverage technology; Nutrition; Sports Medicine; Sports Performance Analysis; NUTRITION; SCI-TECH; MEDICINE; STM; free; lipid; oxidative; oxygen; peroxidation; radical; reactive; species; stress; supplementation
• Accès en ligne: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Résumé

Antioxidant use in sports is controversial due to existing evidence that it both supports and hurts athletic performance. This book presents information on antioxidants, specifically for athletes, and their roles in sports nutrition. It stresses how antioxidants affect exercise performance, health, and immunity. Chapters cover oxidative stress; basic nutrition for athletes; major dietary antioxidants; sports supplements; performance/adaptation to exercise; antioxidants role in health and immunity; reviews on vitamins C, E, beta-carotene, and minerals in sports nutrition; and roles polyphenols play in high-performance sport.

Description matérielle

1 electronic resource (299 p.)

ISBN

b17442

Accès

Open Access