Nutritional and Environmental Influences on Athlete Health and Performance

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Athletes continually push themselves to achieve improvements in performance and success in personal and competitive athletic situations. Many researchers are actively engaged in investigating approaches to improve ‘real-world’ athletic performance and this extends far beyond traditional laboratory-based testing and experimentation. These applied researchers realize that to maximize the potential for success, what happens outside of training and competition situations can have a major impact on performance. The concept of ‘staying healthy’ or ‘optimizing health’ is paramount for maintaining a stable environment where the athlete can engage in fruitful training sessions and successful competitions. …