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Nutritional Supplements to Enhance Recovery

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Nutritional Supplements in Sports and Exercise

Abstract

The ability to recover from intense exercise often separates good athletes from great ones. In the past, “recovery” often simply included rest, therapeutic modalities (e.g., cryotherapy, thermotherapy, massage, hydration therapy, stretching protocols, myofascial release), and meeting basic nutritional needs for fluid and energy replenishment. Today, athletes have a number of additional options to help them recover from high-intensity training, one of which includes the judicious use of dietary supplements. This chapter briefly reviews nutritional strategies that have a strong theoretical background for enhancing rehydration/electrolyte balance, replenishing energy reserves, minimizing oxidative damage, and stimulating muscle repair after training regiments are complete.

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