FOREWORD
Recent Advances in Sports Nutrition
L. L. Spriet
Published online: 26 April 2014
Ó The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
The interest in ‘sports nutrition’ has never been greater. We
all know that...
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FOREWORD
Recent Advances in Sports Nutrition
L. L. Spriet
Published online: 26 April 2014
Ó The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
The interest in ‘sports nutrition’ has never been greater. We
all know that diet affects athletic performance and that a
sound nutritional plan lets an athlete be the best they can be
in competition. However, nutrition also plays a large role in
the training, adaptation, and preparation for competitions
and in the recovery from training and competitions. How
well we adapt to, and recover from, one training session or
competition often dictates how well we perform in the next
training session or competition. The goals of training sessions will also vary in the preparation for competitions.
Therefore, sports nutrition is a full-time endeavour in the
life of an athlete.
We continually learn more about the importance of
nutrition as it relates to sport. Even our basic understanding
of the metabolism
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