Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance (2nd Ed.)
Muscle Building, Endurance, and Strength

Coordinators: Bagchi Debasis, Nair Sreejayan, Sen Chandan K.

Language: English
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Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance: Muscle Building, Endurance and Strength, Second Edition, includes comprehensive sections on the role of nutrition in human health, various types of physical exercises, including cardiovascular training, resistance training, aerobic and anaerobic exercises, bioenergetics and energy balance, and the nutritional requirements associated with each. Other sections cover sports and nutritional requirements, the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle building, an exhaustive review of various foods, minerals, supplements, phytochemicals, amino acids, transition metals, competition training, healthy cooking, physical training, and lifestyle and dietary recommendations for sports performance.

This updated edition includes new chapters on mood, alertness, calmness and psychomotor performance in sports, extreme sports, natural myostatin inhibitor and lean body mass, the benefits of caffeine in sport nutrition formulations, the role of vitamin D in athletic performance, probiotics and muscle mass.

Section 1: NUTRITION AND HUMAN HEALTH 1. Nutritional Supplementation in Health and Sports Performance 2. Glycemic Index, Food Exchange Values, and Exercise Performance 3. Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Sports Supplements for Resistance Training

Section 2: EXERCISE AND HUMAN HEALTH 4. Resistance Training and Physical Exercise in Human Health 5. Psychology and Exercise 6. Bone Health, Bone Mineral Density, and Sports Performance 7. Immune Function, Nutrition, and Exercise

Section 3: SPORTS NUTRITION 8. Vegetarian Athletes 9. Nutrition in Combat Sports 10. Sumo Wrestling: An Overview 11. Bioenergetics of Cyclic Sport Activities on Land: Walking, Running, and Cycling 12. Bioenergetics of Cyclic Sport Activities in Water: Swimming, Rowing, and Kayaking 13. Performance Enhancement Drugs and Sports Supplements: A Review 14. Nutrition and Ultraendurance: An Overview 15. Exercise and Nutritional Benefits for Individuals With a Spinal Cord Injury or Amputation 16. An Overview of Doping in Sports 17. Nutrition in Paralympics 18. An Overview on Extreme Sports 19. An Overview on the History of Sports Nutrition Beverages 20. Sports Nutrition in Japan: in the Dawn of 2020 Tokyo Games

Section 4: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS 21. Alfa-Hydroxy-Isocaproic Acid—Effects on Body Composition, Muscle Soreness, and Athletic Performance 22. Role of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin in Muscle Growth 23. Heat Shock Proteins and the Role of Nutritional Supplements to Preserve and Build Muscle 24. Anabolic and Catabolic Signaling Pathways That Regulate Skeletal Muscle Mass 25. Muscle Growth, Repair, and Preservation: A Mechanistic Approach 26. Safe and Effective Use of Nitric Oxide–Based Supplements and Nutrition for Sports Performance 27. Role of Nitric Oxide in Sports Nutrition 28. Effects of ß-Alanine Supplementation and Intramuscular Carnosine Content on Exercise Performance and Health 29. Nutrition for Strength Adaptations 30. Blood Rheology, Blood Flow, and Human Health 31. Genetics and Sprint, Strength, and Power Performance: Candidate Gene Versus Genome-Wide Association Study Approaches 32. Unraveling the Function of Skeletal Muscle as a Secretory Organ: Role of Myokines on Muscle Regulation

Section 5: MINERALS AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MUSCLE BUILDING 33. Carbohydrate and Muscle Glycogen Metabolism: Exercise Demands and Nutritional Influences 34. Adaptogens With a Special Emphasis on Withania somnifera and Rhodiola rosea 35. Anabolic Training Response and Clinical Implications 36. The Role of Probiotics in Sports: Application of Probiotics to Endurance Exercise 37. Eccentric Exercise: Benefits and Applications to Training 38. Requirements of Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fats for Athletes 39. Protein Intake for Optimal Sports Performance 40. Strength Assessments: Neuromuscular and Biomechanical Considerations 41. Assessment of Vitamin Intake From Conventional and Supplement Diets in Selected High-Qualified Sport Groups Before and After Conducting Nutritional Education 42. Benefits of Vitamin D in Sport Nutrition 43. An Overview on Essential Amino Acids and Branched Chain Amino Acids 44. Nutrition for Ultraendurance Exercise 45. Hydration for Athletic Performance 46. Water: Hydration and Sports Drink 47. Dietary Fat and Sports Performance 48. The Use and Misuse of Testosterone in Sport: The Challenges and Opportunities in Doping Control 49. Physiological Basis for Creatine Supplementation in Skeletal Muscle and the Central Nervous System 50. Oral Bioavailability of Creatine Supplements: Insights Into Mechanism and Implications for Improved Absorption 51. An Overview of the Dietary Ingredient Carnitine 52. An Overview on Muscle Strength 53. An Overview of Ornithine, Arginine, and Citrulline in Exercise and Sports 54. The Role of Glycine-Arginine-Alpha- Ketoisocaproic Acid in Sports Nutrition 55. l-Arginine and l-Citrulline in Sports Nutrition and Health 56. Roles of Chromium(III), Vanadium, Iron, and Zinc in Sports Nutrition 57. An Overview on Beta-Hydroxy-Beta- Methylbutyrate Supplementation in Skeletal Muscle Function and Sports Performance 58. Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-Methylbutyrate Supplementation in Healthy Populations: A Systematic Review 59. Inositol-Stabilized Arginine Silicate: A Novel Supplement for Sports Nutrition, Endurance, and Strength 60. An Overview of Betaine Supplementation, Sports Performance, and Body Composition 61. Ursolic Acid and Maslinic Acid: Novel Candidates for Counteracting Muscle Loss and Improving Body Composition 62. Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexanoic Acid in Exercise Performance 63. Human Performance and Sports Applications of Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia)

Section 6: HEALTHY COOKING, LIFESTYLE AND DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS 64. Nutrition and Dietary Recommendations for Bodybuilders 65. Cooking Oils in Health and Sports

Section 7: ANALYZING MARKETING CLAIMS 66. The Promise of Dietary Supplements: Research Rigor and Marketing Claims

Section 8: CONCLUDING REMARKS 67. Commentary

Nutritionist researchers and practitioners, food experts, health professionals, endocrinologists, nurses and general practitioners, public health officials, sports organizers, and sports enthusiasts

Debasis Bagchi, PhD, MACN, CNS, MAIChE, received his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry in 1982. He is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, and Chief Scientific Officer at Cepham Research Center, Piscataway, NJ, Adjunct Faculty in Texas Southern University, Houston, TX. He served as the Senior Vice President of Research & Development of InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc, Benicia, CA, from 1998 until Feb 2011, and then as Director of Innovation and Clinical Affairs, of Iovate Health Sciences, Oakville, ON, until June 2013. Dr. Bagchi received the Master of American College of Nutrition Award in October 2010. He is the Past Chairman of International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF), Past President of American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, FL, and Past Chair of the Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Division of Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, IL. He is serving as a Distinguished Advisor on the Japanese Institute for Health Food Standards (JIHFS), Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Bagchi is a Member of the Study Section and Peer Review Committee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. He has published 321 papers in peer reviewed journals, 30 books, and 18 patents. Dr. Bagchi is also a Member of the Society of Toxicology, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Nutrition Research Academy, and Member of the TCE stakeholder Committee of the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. He is also Associate Editor for the Journal of Functional Foods, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, and the Archives of Medical and Biomedical Research, and is also serving as Editorial Board Member of numerous peer reviewed journals, including Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Cancer Letters, Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, and The Original Internist, among others.
Dr. Sreejayan Nair is a Professor of Pharmacology and the Associa
  • Provides a comprehensive appraisal of the nutritional benefits of exercise in human health
  • Compiles chapters reviewing the nutritional prophylaxis in human health
  • Addresses performance enhancement drugs and sports supplements
  • Presents various types of physical exercises and addresses exercise and nutritional requirements in special populations
  • Discusses sports nutrition and the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle building
  • Contains an exhaustive review of various food, minerals, supplements, phytochemicals, amino acids, transition metals, small molecules and other ergogenic agents
  • Highlights the aspects of healthy cooking, physical training, lifestyle and dietary recommendations for sports performance