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Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition 4th Edition by Heather Hedrick Fink,Alan Mikesky

Edition 4ISBN: 978-1284036695
book Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition 4th Edition by Heather Hedrick Fink,Alan Mikesky cover

Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition 4th Edition by Heather Hedrick Fink,Alan Mikesky

Edition 4ISBN: 978-1284036695
Exercise 1
What is sports nutrition? Is it applicable only to competitive athletes? Defend your answer.
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Sports nutrition is a specialized area of study and practice within the field of nutrition. It allows the study of exercise science and human body. It can also be defined as the application of nutritional knowledge to a practical daily eating.
The sports nutrition helps in following ways-
• It enhances physical activity
• It helps to repair and rebuild the parts of the body
• It optimizes athletics performance
Sports nutrition is reserved for athletes, who involve high performance activities. The athletes are regularly active and need fitness support deliberately. So, they plan for regular intake of sports nutrition. Hence, it is true that sport nutrition is applicable only to competitive athletes.
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