Nutritional ergogenic aids and exercise performance
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Nutritional ergogenic aids and exercise performance.
The use of nutritional supplements in sport is widespread and few serious athletes do not, at some stage in their career, succumb to the temptation to experiment with one or more nutritional supplements. Nutritional ergogenic aids are aimed primarily at enhancing performance (either by affecting energy metabolism or by an effect on the central nervous system), at increasing lean body mass or mu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Research Reviews
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0954-4224,1475-2700
DOI: 10.1079/095442299108728956