Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition (Paperback)

ContentsPreface …………………………………………………………………………………….xiEditors …………………………………………………………………………………….xvContributors …………………………………………………………..……………….xviiSection I Introduction to Extreme SportsChapter 1 Extreme Endurance Sports ? Why Not Just Sports? ..…………….3David TownesSection II Extreme Sports: Swimming,Contact, and Combat Sports andFactors Affecting Extreme SportsChapter 2 Open-Water Swimming ……………………………………………………..…. 11Paola Zamparo, Roberto Baldassarre, Marco Bonifazi, andMaria Francesca PiacentiniChapter 3 Contact and Combat Sports: Sports Nutrition Benefits …………..……. 35Jonathan MikeChapter 4 An Overview on the Nutritional Requirements for AthletesEngaged in Extreme Endurance Events ……………………………………..…………….49Chad KerksickSection III Overview of Food andNutritional Requirementsfor Diverse Extreme SportsChapter 5 Functional Foods: Role in Endurance Sports …………………………………. 73Kamesh Venkatakrishnan and Chin-Kun WangChapter 6 Prosthetics and Limb Health in Extreme Sports ……………………………. 115Sashwati Roy, Shomita S. Mathew-Steiner, and Chandan K. SenChapter 7 Nutritional Requirements in Extreme Sports ………………………………..127Matthew Butawan, Jade L. Caldwell, and Richard J. BloomerChapter 8 Dietary Supplements for Use in Extreme Sports ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 143Nicholas J.G. Smith, Matthew Butawan, and Richard J. BloomerChapter 9 Intake of Selected Nutrients and Some Morphological andBiochemical Blood Parameters of Professional Athletes ………………………………. 177Estera Nowacka-Polaczyk, Teresa Leszczynska, Aneta Kopec,and Jerzy ZawistowskiChapter 10 Testosterone in Sport: The Androgen Response to ExtremeEndurance Exercise ……………………………………………………………………………… 193Jake Shelley, Christopher Howe, Hannah Jayne Moir, andAndrea PetrocziChapter 11 Physical Performance and Antioxidants ……………………………………. 205Wataru Aoi and Yuji NaitoSection IV Olympic Sports and Evolutionof Current Extreme SportsChapter 12 Greek Olympic Sports: The Beginning of ModernExtreme Sports ………………………………………………………………………………………. 219Sourya Datta and Debasis BagchiChapter 13 An Overview of Extreme Sports ……………………………………………….…. 237Sourya Datta and Debasis BagchiChapter 14 An Overview of Challenging Mountain and High Altitude Sports …………. 259Sourya Datta and Debasis BagchiChapter 15 Structurally Diverse Water Sports in Extreme Conditions …………………….277Sourya Datta and Debasis BagchiSection V Importance of Hydrationand Use of GelatinChapter 16 An Overview on the Beneficial Effects of Hydration …………………………….297Douglas S. KalmanChapter 17 Versatile Use of Gelatin in Functional Food and Nutraceuticals………………..... 311Douglas S. KalmanSection VI Impact of Eccentric Exerciseon Muscle and Adaptionof Body and MusclesChapter 18 Skeletal Muscle Damage and Recovery from EccentricContractions......................................................................................................... 321Eisuke Ochi and Yosuke TsuchiyaSection VII Growth, Marketing Techniques,and Future of Extreme SportsChapter 19 Extreme Sports: Growth Prospect, Marketing Potential, andOpportunities: A Commentary........................................................................... 341Sourya Datta and Debasis BagchiIndex ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 353