Sports Nutrition: Vitamins and Trace Elements includes a collection of chapters written by top researchers from several academic disciplines.

Features:

• Provides up-to-date information on the efficacy of vitamins and trace elements as nutritional ergogenic aids supported by human studies
• Makes dietary recommendations for the safe use of vitamins and trace elements for the athlete
• Includes new findings on vitamin and mineral metabolic interactions
• Features two new chapters on choline and iodine
• Organizes each chapter using a consistent framework for easy reference

Contents

Vitamins

1. Ascorbic Acid
2. Thiamin
3. Riboflavin
4. Niacin
5. Vitamin B6
6. Folate
7. Vitamin B12
8. Pantothenic Acid and Biotin
9. Choline
10. Vitamin A
11. Vitamins D and K
12. Vitamin E

Trace Elements

13. Iron
14. Zinc
15. Copper
16. Iodine
17. Chromium
18. Selenium
19. Boron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, and Vanadium

Index

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