Nutritional Ergogenic AidsIra Wolinsky, Judy A. Driskell Nutritional Ergogenic Aids provides an up-to-date review of what is hypothetical and what is known about the most extensively used nutritional ergogenic aids; dietary supplements to enhance physical and athletic performance. Among the 23 aids discussed are branched-chain amino acids, carnitine, creatine, glucosamine, chrondroitin sulfate and taurine. An up-to-date review about what is hypothetical and what is known about the most extensively used ergogenic aids. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Arginine | 21 |
Chapter 3 Aspartate | 37 |
Chapter 4 BranchedChain Amino Acids | 47 |
Chapter 5 Carnitine | 61 |
Chapter 6 Creatine | 81 |
Chapter 7 Gelatin | 105 |
Chapter 8 Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate | 115 |
Chapter 15 Wheat Germ Oil and Octacosanol | 247 |
Bicarbonate Citrate and Phosphate | 257 |
Chapter 17 Caffeine | 275 |
Chapter 18 Carotenoids | 325 |
Chapter 19 Coenzyme Qsub10 | 355 |
Chapter 20 Ginseng | 379 |
Chapter 21 Lipoic Acid | 411 |
Chapter 22 MyoInositol and Pangamic Acid | 431 |
Chapter 9 Glutamine | 129 |
Chapter 10 βHydroxyβMethylbutyrate | 147 |
Chapter 11 Lysine | 171 |
Chapter 12 Ornithine Ornithine AlphaKetoglutarate and Taurine | 197 |
Chapter 13 Conjugated Linoleic Acid | 209 |
Chapter 14 MediumChain Triglycerides and Glycerol | 221 |
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