Nutrition and Football: The FIFA MARC Consensus on Sports Nutrition

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
Consensus Statement......Page 11
1 Physical and metabolic demands of training and match-play in the elite football player......Page 13
2 Energy and carbohydrate for training and recovery......Page 31
3 Nutrition on match day......Page 50
4 Water and electrolyte needs for football training and match-play......Page 68
5 Promoting training adaptations through nutritional interventions......Page 83
6 Nutritional strategies for football: Counteracting heat, cold, high altitude, and jet lag......Page 103
7 Alcohol and football......Page 133
8 Dietary supplements for football......Page 146
9 Nutritional strategies to counter stress to the immune system in athletes, with special reference to football......Page 168
10 The brain and fatigue: New opportunities for nutritional interventions?......Page 185
11 Special populations: The female player and the youth player......Page 201
12 Special populations: The referee and assistant referee......Page 219
Index......Page 231