Nutritional Supplements in Sport, Exercise and Health

Linda M. Castell is Visiting Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK. In 1990, she joined Professor Eric Newsholme's Cellular Nutrition Research Group (CNRG) at Oxford, working on amino acids and immunology; and, after his retirement in 1996, she took over directing the CNRG. She has published several chapters and 30 papers. She initiated the A-Z series on nutritional supplements for athletes in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (2009-2013)

Nutritional Supplements in Sport, Exercise and Health is the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to dietary supplements, ergogenic aids and sports nutrition foods currently available. Consisting of over 140 evidence-based review articles written by world-leading research scientists and practitioners, the book dispels the misinformation that surrounds supplements and supplementation, offering a useful and unbiased resource.

Introduction Amino Acids ¿ - Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Androstenedione Antioxidants Arginine Arnica Aspartame Aspartate and Asparagine D-aspartic acid (D-AA) Bee Pollen Beta-Alanine and Carnosine Boron Branched-chain amino acids Caffeine Calcium Carbohydrate supplements L-Carnitine Chinese Herbs Chlorogenic acids (CGA) Choline bitartrate and Acetylcholine Chondroitin and Glucosamine Chromium Picolinate Cissus Quadrangularis (CQ) L-Citrulline Co-enzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) Colostrum Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Copper Cordyceps (Ophiocordyceps) Creatine Cysteine and Cystine Cytochrome C Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate (DHAP) and Pyruvate 1,3-Dimethylethylamine (DMAA) Dimethylglycine (DMG) Echinacea Electrolytes Ephedra Fatty Acids Ferulic Acid & Gamma-Oryzanol Fish oils Flavonoids Folate Garlic Ginger Ginkgo Ginseng Glandulars Glucuronolactone Glutamine Glutathione and Glutamate Glycerol Glycine Green Tea Guarana Histidine-containing dipeptides ¿-hydroxyisocaproic acid (HICA) b -Hydroxy b -methylbutyrate (HMB) ¿-Hydroxybutyrate and ¿-Butyrolactone Hydroxycut Inosine Inositol Iron Jack3D a -Ketoglutarate (AKG) a -Ketoisocaproate (KIC) Ketone bodies Lecithin Leptin Leucine Linoleic acid Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) Alpha-Lipoic Acid Magnesium Medium Chain Triglycerides Melamine Melatonin Methionine Methylsulphonylmethane (MSM) Multiple Transportable Carbohydrates (MTC) N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Nitrate Nootkatone Octacosanol and Policosanol Ornithine Oxyelite Pro Pangamic acid Papain Peptides Phenylalanine Phlogenzym and Wobenzym Phosphate Phosphatidylserine Pinitol Plant Sterols Potassium (K+) Prebiotics Probiotics Prohormones Proline Protein Pycnogenol Resveratrol Rhodiola Rosea Ribose Royal Jelly Selenium Serine Smilax (Sarsaparilla) Sodium Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Citrate Spirulina Succinate Sucrose Taurine Theobromine and Theophylline Threonine Tribulus terrestris Tryptophan Tyrosine Valine Vanadium Vitamins A, C and E Vitamin B Vitamin D Vitamin K Water (oxygenated) Weight Loss Supplements: General Weight Loss Supplements: Herbal Wheat Germ Oil (WGO) Whey Protein Wolfberry (Goji Berry) Yerba Maté Yohimbine Yucca ZMA (Zinc Magnesium Aspartate) Zinc In Practice Conclusion