Nutritional considerations for vegetarian athletes

Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 696-703

  Barr, Susan I ^a   Rideout, Candice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

creatine; diet; exercise; iron; nutrition; vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOHYDRATE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FREE RADICAL; IRON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATHLETE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TRAINING; VEGETARIAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CREATINE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942709677     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.04.015     Document Type: Review

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