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Nutrition for sport and exercise performance

This video from James Morris looks at ‘Glycogen-loading/carbo-loading’. Glycogen-loading is used for endurance athletes performing in marathons, triathlon competitors etc.

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Sports nutrition’ on the Nutritionist Resource website
‘Effects of carbohydrate loading on high performance athletics’ by Ali Mueller, Amelia Reek and Josh Schantzen
‘Optimum nutrition for sports performance: macronutrients and micronutrients’ on the Eufic website
‘Hydration for optimum athletic performance’ from the British Nutrition Foundation
‘Sporting performance and food’ on the Better Health website
‘Bodybuilders can go to extremes to compete on stage — and it's not always healthy’ from the ABC Health and wellbeing website.
‘Nutrition for sport and exercise’ from the British Nutrition Foundation
‘Ergogenic aid’ on the Science Direct website

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

The Masters Athlete website contains an article on ‘Pre-event nutrition strategies’.
This article from Sports Dieticians Australia (SDA) covers ‘Recovery nutrition’.
Click to read ‘Periodised nutrition – tailoring nutrition to an athlete’s training programme’ on the Coach Logic website.
‘Cycling nutrition: The benefits of tailored nutrition’ is an article from the Nutritionist Resource website that says that tailored nutrition plans which are strategically based around training can offer a range of significant benefits to both health and performance.
The East Coast Dietetics website has an article on ‘Dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete’.
This document from the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 2(1):43-49, 2005 was written by Melvin H. Williams, Ph.D., FACSM and it covers ‘Dietary supplements and sports performance: Minerals’.

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