Antioxidants in sport nutrition

Contents: Chapter 1. Mechanisms of oxidative damage and their impact on contracting muscle / Chad M. Kerksick and Micah Zuhl -- chapter 2. Nutritional antioxidants : it is time to categorise / Aalt Bast and Guido R.M.M. Haenen -- chapter 3. Antioxidants in athlete's basic nutrition : considerations towards a guideline for the intake of vitamin C and vitamin E / Oliver Neubauer and Christina Yfanti -- chapter 4. Antioxidants in sport nutrition : all the same effectiveness? / Karl-Heinz Wagner -- chapter 5. Well-known antioxidants and newcomers in sport nutrition : coenzyme Q10, quercetin, resveratrol, pterostilbene, pycnogenol and astaxanthin / Muaz Belviranli and Nilsel Okudan -- chapter 6. Polyphenols in sport : facts or fads? / Francesco Visioli -- chapter 7. Supplemental antioxidants and adaptation to physical training / Micah Gross and Oliver Baum -- chapter 8. Green tea catechins and sport performance / Ewa Jówko -- chapter 9. Acute and chronic effects of antioxidant supplementation on exercise performance / David J. Bentley, James Ackerman, Tom Clifford and Katie S. Slattery -- chapter 10. Evaluation of quercetin as a countermeasure to exercise-induced physiological stress / Manuela Konrad and David C. Nieman -- chapter 11. Inflammation and immune function : can antioxidants help the endurance athlete? / Lisa J. Elkington, Maree Gleeson, David B. Pyne, Robin Callister and Lisa G. Wood -- chapter 12. Influence of mixed fruit and vegetable concentrates on redox homeostasis and immune system of exercising people / Manfred Lamprecht, Georg Obermayer and Werner Seebauer -- chapter 13. Methodological considerations when evaluating the effectiveness of dietary/supplemental antioxidants in sport / Martin Burtscher, Dominik Pesta, Dietmar Fuchs, Maximilian Ledochowski and Hannes Gatterer -- chapter 14. Common questions and tentative answers on how to assess oxidative stress after antioxidant supplementation and exercise / Michalis G. Nikolaidis, Nikos V. Margaritelis, Vassilis Paschalis, Anastasios A. Theodorou, Antonios Kyparos and Ioannis S. Vrabas -- chapter 15. Biomarkers part 1 : biomarkers to estimate bioefficacy of dietary/supplemental antioxidants in sport / Joachim F. Greilberger, Michaela Greilberger and Radovan Djukic -- chapter 16. Biomarkers part 2 : biomarkers to estimate bioefficacy of dietary/supplemental antioxidants in sport / Cristina Vassalle, Alessandro Pingitore, Rachele De Giuseppe, Luisella Vigna and Fabrizia Bamonti.