Fueling the vegetarian (vegan) athlete

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Fuhrman, Joel ^a   Ferreri, Deana M ^a  

^a Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; IODINE; TAURINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ATHLETE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IRON INTAKE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SEEDS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77956831204     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181e93a6f     Document Type: Review

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