The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: Nutrition in Sport (PDF)

As sports have become more competitive over recent yearsresearchers and trainers have been searching for new and innovativeways of improving performance. Ironically, an area as mundane aswhat an athlete eats can have profound effects on fitness, healthand ultimately, performance in competition. Sports have also gainedwidespread acceptance in the therapeutic management of athleteswith disorders associated with nutritional status. In addition,exercise has been one of the tools used for studying the control ofmetabolism, creating a wealth of scientific information that needsto be placed in the context of sports medicine and science.
Nutrition in Sport provides an exhaustive review of thebiochemistry and physiology of eating.
The text is divided into three sections and commences with adiscussion of the essential elements of diet, including sections oncarbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and trace elements, anddrugs associated with nutrition. It also discusses athletesrequiring special consideration, including vegetarians anddiabetics.
The second section considers the practical aspects of sportsnutrition and discusses weight control (essential for sports withweight categories and athletes with eating disorders), thetravelling athlete (where travel either disrupts establishedfeeding patterns or introduces new hazards), environmental aspectsof nutrition (including altitude and heat), and the role of sportsnutritional products.