Extreme and rare sports performance demands, drivers, functional foods, and nutrition / [edited by] Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi.

Other author Datta, Sourya.
Other author Bagchi, Debasis, 1954-
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoBoca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2019]
Descriptionp. ; cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
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Contents Extreme and rare sports : introduction, types of sports and nutrition and future -- What are extreme sports? Why not just sports? / David Townes -- Open water swimming / Paolo Zamparo, Marco Bonifazi, Roberto Baldassarre, Maria Francesca Piacentini -- Combat and contact sports : sports nutrition benefits / Jonathan Mike -- An overview of nutritional requirements for athletes engaged in extreme sports endurance events / Chad M Kerksick -- Functional foods : role in endurance sports / Chin-Kun Wang, Kamesh Venkatakrishnan -- Prosthetics / Chandan Sen, Shomita Steiner, Sashwati Roy -- Nutritional requirements in extreme sports / Richard J Bloomer, Matthew Butawan, Jade L. Caldwell -- Dietary supplements for use in extreme sports / Richard J Bloomer, Matthew Butawan, Nicolas JG Smith -- Intake of selected nutrients and some morphological and biochemical blood parameters of professional athletes / Estera Nowacka-Polaczyk, Teresa Leszczyn¿¿ka, Aneta Kopec,¿¿ Jerzy Zawistowski -- Testosterone in sport : the androgen response to extreme endurance exercise / Jake Shelley, Christopher Howe, Hannah Jayne Moir, Andrea Petroczi -- Physical performance and antioxidants / Wataru Aoi and Yuji Naito -- Greek olympic sports : the beginning of modern extreme sports / Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi -- An overview of challenging mountain and high altitude sports / Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi -- Land based extreme sports : an exploration / Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi -- Structurally diverse water sports in extreme conditions / Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi -- An overview on the beneficial effects of hydration / Douglas Kalman -- Versatile use of the gelatin in functional food and nutraceuticals / Douglas Kalman -- Skeletal muscle damage and recovery from eccentric contractions / Eisuke Ochi and Yosuke Tsuchiya -- Extreme sports growth prospect, marketing potential & opportunities / Sourya Datta and Debasis Bagchi.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018056848
ISBN9781138091443 (hardback)
ISBNebook

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