NUT-2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dietary Reference Intake, Exercise Physiology, Skeletal Muscle
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Nutrition is the science of how food is ingested, digested, absorbed, metabolized, and the functions of nutrients. Sports nutrition integrates nutrition and exercise physiology to improve training, performance and recovery. Proper nutrition can help maintain energy levels, quicken recovery time after workouts and training, helps strengthen the immune system, improves competition performance, increases strength, speed, power and endurance progress, and provides a competitive advantage. Nutrition information can be obtained from coaches, athletic trainers, strength coaches, teammates, personal trainers, magazines, the internet, registered dietitians. Adequate intake of carbohydrates to replenish glycogen storages. Adequate protein intake for the repair of skeletal muscle. Maintain or obtain ideal weight and body composition. Delay fatigue during training or competition by eating or drinking. Decrease cases of dehydration and hypohydration during training or competition. Use dietary strategies to improve performance. (pre-competition meal, appropriately timed caffeine intake, or carbohydrate loading: 100-200 mg of caffeine an hour before workout or at least 30 minutes.
