Sports Supplements
Sports Nutrition is a multi-disciplinary field of study that incorporates exercise physiology, nutrition, biochemistry, integrative physiology, and cell/molecular biology. The field of sports nutrition includes an ‘applied’ aspect (i.e. more...
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the use of nutrition and/or dietary supplement strategies to enhance athletic performance or improve body composition) as well as a ‘basic’ science aspect (i.e. understanding the underlying biological mechanism(s) regarding the effect(s) of foods and/or supplements).
Sports nutritionist
Sports nutritionists tend to have varied educational backgrounds. Many have formal training in the field of exercise physiology as well as nutrition. The majority of academic research performed in the sports nutrition and sports supplement area are conducted by Ph.D. level exercise physiologists. Traditionally, the primary health professional that dispenses ‘nutrition’ information is the registered dietitian or RD. However, the education of an RD does not prepare him or her for ‘Sports Nutrition’ due to the lack of academic training in exercise physiology vis a vis the adaptive response to acute and chronic exercise. Sports nutritionists tend to specialize in working with certain athletes (e.g. bodybuilders, endurance athletes, team sports ). Also, sports nutritionists can be found working in academia, with professional/collegiate sports teams, assisting sports nutrition/supplement companies/brands, and working with individual athletes on a personal basis.
Applications
Sports nutrition is applied in most sports training, however it is most dominant in strength (for example weight lifting) and endurance sports (for example cycling, running, triathlon). Bodybuilding is a sport that relies a great deal on sport nutrition also.
Nutrition for anaerobic exercise
After ther weight lifting workout bodybuilders consume a drink (liquid absorbs better) composed of quality protein with the essential amino acids present together with high glycemic index carbohydrates. In the post workout recovery drink no fat should be present since it slows the absorption of the nutrients required by the body.
Nutrition for aerobic exercise
After the aerobic exercise it is necessary to fill the glycogen stores in the muscles. A liquid source of fast carbohydrates and protein in ratio 4:1 are generally recommended for optimal recovery.
Goals of sport nutrition
Some of the main goals of sport nutrition are to:
prepare athlete for performance or training (before);
maintain the level of performance or training (during);
help recovery from performance or training (after);
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