Nutrition in Sport

As sport has become more competitive over recent years researchers and trainers
have been searching for new and innovative ways of improving performance.
Ironically, an area as mundane as what an athlete eats can have profound
effects on fitness, health and, ultimately, performance in competition. Sport
has also gained widespread acceptance in theraputic management of patients with
a disorder associated with nutritional status. In addtion, exercise has been
one of the tools for studying the control of matabolism, creating a wealth of
scientific information that needs to be placed in the context of sports
medicine and science.
This text provides a review of the biochemistry and physiology of eating. Part
1 focuses on the essential elements of diet. Part 2 itemizes some practical
aspects of sport's nutrition including weight control (essential for sports
with weight categories, and athletes with eating disorders), travelling
athletes (where travel either disrupts established feeding patterns or
introduces new hazards), environmental aspects of specific aspects of nutrition
applicable to categories of sport.


Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Forewords
Preface
1 Basic Exercise Physiology by H. G. Knuttgen 3
2 Biochemistry of Exercise by M. Gleeson 17
3 Exercise, Nutrition and Health by A. E. Hardman 39
4 Energy Costs of Exercise and Sport by H. J. Montoye 53
5 Dietary Carbohydrates by L. M. Burke 73
6 Carbohydrate Metabolism in Exercise by E. Hultman and P. L. Greenhaff 85
7 Optimization of Glycogen Stores by J. L. Ivy 97
8 Carbohydrate Replacement during Exercise by M. Hargreaves 112
9 Amino Acid Metabolism in Exercise by A. J. M. Wagenmakers 119
10 Effects of Exercise on Protein Metabolism by P. W. R. Lemon 133
11 Amino Acids, Fatigue and Immunodepression in Exercise by E. A. Newsholme
and L. M. Castell 153
12 Nutrition, Neurotransmitters and Central Nervous System Fatigue by J. M.
Davis 171
13 Fat Metabolism during Exercise by J. A. Hawley and A. E. Jeukendrup and F.
Brouns 184
14 Adaptations to a High Fat Diet by B. Kiens and J. W. Helge 192
15 Temperature Regulation and Fluid and Electrolyte Balance by R. J. Maughan
and E. R. Nadel 203
16 Effects of Dehydration and Rehydration on Performance by M. N. Sawka and W.
A. Latzka and S. J. Montain 216
17 Water and Electrolyte Loss and Replacement in Exercise by R. J. Maughan
226
18 Gastrointestinal Function and Exercise by N. J. Rehrer and D. F. Gerrard
241
19 Rehydration and Recovery after Exercise by S. M. Shirreffs 256
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