Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition

Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
24 May 2019
Pages
388
ISBN
9781138091443

Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition

Two crucial components of a healthy life are nutrition and exercise. The importance of appropriate diet, food and nutrition are extremely important to be successful in sports, and, especially, in extreme sports. Extreme sport is an activity where a participant must demonstrate both mental and physical skills. This type of activity provides an adrenaline rush to individuals who are part of the community of extreme sportsmen.

Extreme sports provide opportunity for individuals to be active and fit with added enjoyment of partaking in a fun activity. Extreme sports in conjunction with proper nutrition helps to boost immunity and resistance against common infections. Studies have also exhibited that sports and exercise activities help in managing effective work-life balance as well.

Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition provides a comprehensive treatise on extreme sports emphasizing the importance of nutrition and research-driven nutraceutical supplements in injury prevention and treatment. The book presents information on the nutritional requirements of sports activities on land, in water, or with high altitude-base. It covers a wide variety of definitions, philosophies, thoughts and practices involved with structurally diverse extreme sports.

Features:

Discusses specific food and nutritional requirements in extreme sports Provides information on the importance of functional foods, nutrition and structurally diverse phytonutrients for different sports
Features information on Olympic and diverse extreme sports Details the importance of hydration and use of gelatin; skeletal muscle damage and recovery from eccentric contractions; and information on dietary supplements and antioxidants
Presents analysis on growth, marketing, techniques, and future of extreme sports

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