Nutrition in Exercise and Sport, Third Edition

The third edition of Nutrition in Exercise and Sport has been updated and expanded to include the latest developments in the field. This third edition of a bestseller among sports nutrition and health professionals now fully discusses the role of exercise and nutrition in both wellness and in disease prevention. In addition, new chapters on the history of sports nutrition, antioxidants, vegetarianism, the young athlete, the older athlete, the diabetic athlete, the physically disabled athlete, sports specific nutrient requirements, and body composition changes have been added. Top sports nutrition practitioners and exercise scientists have contributed chapters that provide practical nutritional guidelines for those engaged in various types of physical performance. This book is a one-volume library on sports nutrition for research scientists in applied sports nutrition, dietitians, exercise physiologists, sports medicine physicians, coaches, trainers, athletes, and nutritionists. The first two editions of this book have been widely used in sports nutrition courses. Nutrition in Exercise and Sport is the standard in the field.

Ira Wolinsky, Ph.D., is Professor of Nutrition at the University of Houston. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from the City College of New York in 1960 and his M.S. (1965) and Ph.D. (1968) degrees in biochemistry from Kansas University. He has served in research and teaching positions at the Hebrew University (both the Medical School and the Faculty of Agriculture), the University of Missouri, and Pennsylvania State University. He has also conducted research at NASA research centers and served as official consultant in India, the U.S.S.R., Hungary, and Bulgaria., Dr. Wolinsky is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences and the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, among other scientific organizations. He is the editor of the CRC Series on Modern Nutrition, the CRC Series on Nutrition in Exercise and Sport, and co-editor of the CRC Series on Methods in Nutrition Research and the CRC Series on Exercise Physiology., Dr. Wolinsky has contributed numerous nutrition papers in the open literature, coauthored a book on the history of the science of nutrition, and co-edited the CRC volumes Nutritional Concerns of Women and also Sports Nutrition, Vitamins and Trace Elements. His current major research interests include the nutrition of bone and calcium and sports nutrition.

Chapter 1 Exercise Nutrition: From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century and Beyond, Chapter 2 Overview: Nutrition in Exercise and Sport, Chapter 3 Carbohydrate Metabolism in Sport and Exercise, Chapter 4 Effects of Diet and Exercise on Lipids and Lipoproteins, Chapter 5 Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism During Exercise and Recovery, Chapter 6 Overview of Human Energy Transfer and Nutrition, Chapter 7 Exercise and the B Vitamins, Chapter 8 Trace Minerals and Exercise, Chapter 9 Nutrition and Bone in Physical Activity and Sport, Chapter 10 Nutritional Antioxidants and Physical A ctivity, Chapter 11 Water and Electrolytes During Physical Activity, Chapter 12 Nutrient Beverages for Physical Performance, Chapter 13 Dietary Supplements as Ergogenic Aids, Chapter 14 Nutrition and Strength, Chapter 15 Dietary Habits of Olympic Athletes, Chapter 16 Nutritional Concerns of Female Athletes, Chapter 17 The Vegetarian Athlete, Chapter 18 Nutrition and the Young Athlete, Chapter 19 Nutrition and the Older Athlete, Chapter 20 The Diabetic Athlete, Chapter 21 Nutrition and the Physically Disabled Athlete, Chapter 22 Nutrient Requirements for Competitive Sports, Chapter 23 Nutrition Knowledge of Athletes and Their Coaches and Surveys of Dietary Intake, Chapter 24 Nutrition and Performance in Hot, Cold, and High Altitude Environments, Chapter 25 Body Composition in Exercise and Sport, Chapter 26 Immunocompetence in Physical Activity and Sport, Index