Sports Nutrition - Vitamins and Trace Elements, Second Edition

Informationen zum Autor Wolinsky! Ira; Driskell! Judy A. Klappentext Sports Nutrition: Vitamins and Trace Elements addresses the relationship between vitamin and trace element needs and exercise and physical activity. This book provides a critical review of research exploring the effects that sports and exercise have on nutritional needs as well as the positive effects of vitamins and trace elements on physical performance. The text also discusses the overuse of vitamins to toxic levels and its effect on physical performance. Incorporating updated research findings and adopting a consistent organizational framework in every chapter! this second edition features new chapters on choline and iodine and emphasizes new findings on vitamin and mineral metabolic reactions. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Sports Nutrition: Vitamins and Trace Elements, edited by two of the most respected experts in sports nutrition includes a collection of chapters written by top researchers from several academic disciplines. Applying their expertise in specific vitamin or trace element nutrition as it relates to exercise and sports, they weigh Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION. VITAMINS. Ascorbic Acid. Thiamin. Riboflavin. Niacin. Vitamin B6. Folate. Vitamin B12. Pantothenic Acid and Biotin. Choline. Vitamin A. Vitmains D and K. Vitamin E. TRACE ELEMENTS. Iron. Zinc. Copper. Iodine. Chromium. Selenium. Boron! Manganese! Molybdenum! Nickel! Silicon! and Vanadium. SUMMARY.

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• Authors: Judy A. Driskell, Ira Wolinsky, Ira (Professor Emeritus Wolinsky, Ira Driskell Wolinsky
• Assisted by: Judy A. Driskell (Editor), Judy A. (University of Nebraska Driskell (Editor), Driskell Judy A. (Editor), Ira Wolinsky (Editor), Ira (Professor Emeritus Wolinsky (Editor), Wolinsky Ira (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2005
• EAN: 9780849330223
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-3022-3
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Nutrition in Exercise & Sport; Nutrition in Exercise & Sport
• Subjects: Guides > Health; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Fitness & diet, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Fitness and diet