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Medical Clinics of North America, 1993
Inadequate diet inhibits optimal performance in otherwise well-trained athletes. Controversy exists regarding specific dietary requirements, particularly in the areas of protein and vitamin/mineral supplementation. This article reviews energy substrate utilization, provides an overview of nutrient requirements during exercise, discusses ergogenic aids,
C K, Probart, P J, Bird, K A, Parker
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Inadequate diet inhibits optimal performance in otherwise well-trained athletes. Controversy exists regarding specific dietary requirements, particularly in the areas of protein and vitamin/mineral supplementation. This article reviews energy substrate utilization, provides an overview of nutrient requirements during exercise, discusses ergogenic aids,
C K, Probart, P J, Bird, K A, Parker
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Genetics of Athletic Performance
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 2009Performance enhancing polymorphisms (PEPs) are examples of natural genetic variation that affect the outcome of athletic challenges. Elite athletes, and what separates them from the average competitor, have been the subjects of discussion and debate for decades.
Elaine A, Ostrander +2 more
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Age and performance in athletics
Internationale Zeitschrift f�r Angewandte Physiologie Einschliesslich Arbeitsphysiologie, 1955The study presents the age distribution of the best Finnish sportsmen in 20 track and field events, in ski sports, ball games and competitive lumber work. The results are shown graphically and in tables, in which the significance of the differences of the mean age in the various sports is also calculated.
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Asthma and Athletic Performance
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977To the Editor.— I think the problem of asthmogenicity (236:152, 1976) in the various sports can be solved by looking at the type of breathing in these events. Swimming is done in a prone or supine position, where diaphragmatic breathing is the rule. In addition, expiration is done against resistance.
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Nutrition and Athletic Performance
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1984Athletes have a keen interest in informed nutrition counsel. They recognize that food intakes are important determinants of energy availability and body fitness. For many sports, participation will prompt a general upgrading of dietary practices and nutrition-related well-being.
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Predicting Athletic Performance
The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1975(1975). Predicting Athletic Performance. The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 80-85.
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Micronutrients and athletic performance: A review
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2021Optimising nutrition intake is a key component for supporting athletic performance and supporting adaption to training. Athletes often use micronutrient supplements in order to correct vitamin and mineral deficiencies, improve immune function, enhance recovery and or to optimise their performance.
Kathryn L. Beck +3 more
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Nutrition and Athletic Performance
Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 2001This supplement is based on presentations made at the “First International Congress on Nutrition and Athletic Performance” held at the Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 8-11, 2001. This conference was stimulated by an increasing awareness of the potential benefits and risks of diet modification and supplementation for elite ...
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Nutrition and Athletic Performance
Nutrition Bulletin, 1973The subject of nutrition and athletic performance is by no means a recent one. In those far off days of the first Olympic Games held in Greece from 776 BC‐400 AD the athlete was concerned with what he ate. The first competitor whose special diet we are told anything about was Charmis of Sparta.
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Altitude and Athletic Performance
Nature, 1965THE decision to hold the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City at an altitude of 7,500 ft. above sea-level has aroused interest in the effects of altitude on athletic performance. It has been known for some time that the maximum oxygen intake of acclimatized adults falls off right from sea-level upwards, reaching 50 per cent of the sea-level at 20,000 ft.1.
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