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1 online resource (xv, 543 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-514) and index. |
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Background and introduction to the topic -- Nutritional enhancement of soldier performance at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, 1985-1992 / Eldon W. Askew -- Optimizing the design of combat rations / Irwin A. Taub -- Biochemical strategies for ration design: concerns of bioavailability / C. Patrick Dunne -- Military issues -- Evaluation of physical performance / James A. Vogel -- Effects of sleep deprivation on performance during continuous combat operations / Gregory Gelenky [and others] -- Role of context in behavioral effects of foods / Herbert L. Meiselman, F. Matthew Kramer -- Stress and nutrient interactions: metabolic consequences -- Stress and monoamine neurons in the brain / John D. Fernstrom -- Endocrine and immune system responses to stress / William R. Beisel -- Metabolic responses to stress and physical activity / Edward S. Horton, William R. Beisel -- Potential performance-enhancing food components -- Food components that may optimize physical performance: an overview / John L. Ivy. |
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(cont) Effects of nutrients on neurotransmitter release / Richard J. Wurtman -- Performance-enhancing effects of protein and amino acids / Carol E. Greenwood -- Tyrosine and stress: human and animal studies / Harris R. Lieberman -- Tyrosine and glucose modulation of cognitive deficits resulting from cold stress / Stephen T. Ahlers [and others] -- Carbohydrates, protein and performance / Bonnie J. Spring, Regina Pingitore, Jen Schoenfeld -- Structured lipids: an overview and comments on performance enhancement potential / Ronald J. Jandacek -- Choline: human requirements and effects on human performance / Steven H. Zeisel -- Effects of caffeine on cognitive performance, mood and alertness in sleep-deprived humans / David M. Penetar [and others] -- Role of carnitine in enhancing physical performance / Peggy R. Borum -- Safety and regulatory aspects of potential ration enhancement -- Safety concerns regarding supplemental amino acids: results of a study / Timothy J. Maher -- Regulation of amino acids and other dietary components associated with enhanced physical performance / John E. Vanderveen. |
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(cont) Scenarios that illustrate potential usefulness of food components to enhance performance / Harris R. Lieberman, Mary Z. Mays -- Military recommended dietary allowances, AR 40-25 (1985) -- Selected bibliography on an evaluation of potential performance-enhancing food components for operational rations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Nutrition -- United States.
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Soldiers -- Nutrition. |
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United States. |
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Soldiers. |
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Operational rations (Military supplies)
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Operational rations (Military supplies) |
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Stress (Physiology) -- Nutritional aspects.
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Stress (Physiology) -- Nutritional aspects. |
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Nutrition. |
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Military Medicine. |
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Stress. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Marriott, Bernadette M.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Military Nutrition Research.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Food components to enhance performance. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994 030905088X (DLC) 94066363 (OCoLC)30712416 |
| ISBN |
0309568692 (electronic book) |
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9780309568692 (electronic book) |
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030905088X |
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9780309050883 |
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