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Nutrition Before, During, and After Exercise for the Endurance Athlete

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Although it is understood that nutritional supplementation improves performance and enhances training adaptations, it is also vital to grasp how inadequate nutritional practices limit endurance performance. Therefore, in the first section of this chapter, major physiologic factors that result in fatigue during prolonged aerobic exercise are discussed. Adverse consequences of strenuous exercise over time such as muscle damage and immune system suppression are also discussed in this section. In section two, nutritional recommendations in preparation for exercise are presented, whereas nutritional supplementation during exercise is provided in section three. Nutritional strategies for rapid recovery and enhancement of training adaptation are subsequently discussed, whereas the summary section of the chapter consists of practical applications in which nutritional supplementation guidelines are provided to promote endurance performance.

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  1. International Society of Sports Nutrition, Deerfield Beach, FL, USA

    Jose Antonio PhD

  2. Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, Miami Research Associates, Miami, FL, USA

    Douglas Kalman PhD, RD

  3. Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    Jeffrey R. Stout PhD

  4. Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA

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  5. Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

    G. Gregory Haff PhD

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Ivy, J.L. (2008). Nutrition Before, During, and After Exercise for the Endurance Athlete. In: Antonio, J., Kalman, D., Stout, J.R., Greenwood, M., Willoughby, D.S., Haff, G.G. (eds) Essentials of Sports Nutrition and Supplements. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-302-8_27

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