Nutrient Timing: The Future of Sports Nutrition

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Basic Health Publications, Inc., 2004 - Health & Fitness - 211 pages
Using cutting-edge research studies from leading sports science laboratories, Nutrient Timing shatters myths and misconceptions about how to provide optimum nutrition to working muscles. It shows that when the right combination of nutrients is delivered at the right time, one can activate his/her body's muscle machinery to increase muscle strength, improve endurance and increase lean muscle mass.

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Page 179 - An abundant supply of amino acids enhances the metabolic effect of exercise on muscle protein.
Page 175 - Timing of postexercise protein intake is important for muscle hypertrophy with resistance training in elderly humans, J.
Page 183 - Independent and combined effects of amino acids and glucose after resistance exercise.
Page 180 - Levenhagen DK, et al. Postexercise protein intake enhances wholebody and leg protein accretion in humans.
Page 180 - BD, et al. Effect of glucose supplement timing on protein metabolism after resistance training.
Page 175 - Differential anabolic effects of testosterone and amino acid feeding in older men.

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About the author (2004)

Head of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas, is one of the preeminent physiologists in the world. John Ivy, Ph.D., research has pioneered our understanding of how muscles work and how nutritional supplements can improve muscle performance. He is co-author of Nutrient Timing and The Performance Zone

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