Sport performance and exercise goals

22 Apr 2018

IOC consensus statement: Dietary Supplements and the high-performance athlete

Nutrition usually makes a small but potentially valuable contribution to successful performance in elite athletes, and dietary supplements can make a minor contribution to this nutrition programme.

07 Feb 2018

Recent Perspectives Regarding the Role of Dietary Protein for the Promotion of Muscle Hypertrophy with Resistance Exercise Training

Skeletal muscle supports locomotion and serves as the largest site of postprandial glucose disposal; thus it is a critical organ for physical and metabolic health.

20 Jun 2017

International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: protein and exercise

The International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) provides an objective and critical review related to the intake of protein for healthy, exercising individuals.

29 May 2011

Dietary protein for athletes: from requirements to optimum adaptation

Opinion on the role of protein in promoting athletic performance is divided along the lines of how much aerobic-based versus resistance-based activity the athlete undertakes.

28 Aug 2009

The role of milk-and soy-based protein in support of muscle protein synthesis and muscle protein accretion in young and elderly persons

The balance between muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and muscle protein breakdown (MPB) is dependent on protein consumption and the accompanying hyperaminoacidemia, which stimulates a marked rise in MPS and mild suppression of MPB.