EXTREME AND RARE SPORTS. PERFORMANCE DEMANDS, DRIVERS, FUNCTIONAL FOODS, AND NUTRITION

Preface …….xi
Editors …….xv
Contributors ….xvii
Section I Introduction to Extreme Sports
Chapter 1 Extreme Endurance Sports – Why Not Just Sports? ..… ….3
Section II Extreme Sports: Swimming, Contact, and Combat Sports and Factors Affecting Extreme Sports
Chapter 2 Open-Water Swimming ……. 11
Chapter 3 Contact and Combat Sports: Sports Nutrition Benefits …. 35
Chapter 4 An Overview on the Nutritional Requirements for Athletes Engaged in Extreme Endurance Events. 49
Section III Overview of Food and Nutritional Requirements for Diverse Extreme Sports
Chapter 5 Functional Foods: Role in Endurance Sports 73
Chapter 6 Prosthetics and Limb Health in Extreme Sports . 115
Chapter 7 Nutritional Requirements in Extreme Sports ..127
Chapter 8 Dietary Supplements for Use in Extreme Sports . 143
Chapter 9 Intake of Selected Nutrients and Some Morphological and
Biochemical Blood Parameters of Professional Athletes . 177
Chapter 10 Testosterone in Sport: The Androgen Response to ExtremeEndurance Exercise 193
Chapter 11 Physical Performance and Antioxidants . 205
Section IV Olympic Sports and Evolution of Current Extreme Sports
Chapter 12 Greek Olympic Sports: The Beginning of Modern Extreme Sports. 219
Chapter 13 An Overview of Extreme Sports . 237
Chapter 14 An Overview of Challenging Mountain and High Altitude Sports . 259
Chapter 15 Structurally Diverse Water Sports in Extreme Conditions .277
Section V Importance of Hydration and Use of Gelatin
Chapter 16 An Overview on the Beneficial Effects of Hydration. .297
Chapter 17 Versatile Use of Gelatin in Functional Food and Nutraceuticals. 311
Section VI Impact of Eccentric Exercise on Muscle and Adaption of Body and Muscles
Chapter 18 Skeletal Muscle Damage and Recovery from Eccentric Contractions... 321
Section VII Growth, Marketing Techniques, and Future of Extreme Sports
Chapter 19 Extreme Sports: Growth Prospect, Marketing Potential, and Opportunities: A Commentary.. 341
Index. 353

Two crucial components of a healthy life are nutrition and exercise. The importance of appropriate diet, food and nutrition are extremely important to be successful in sports, and, especially, in extreme sports. Extreme sport is an activity where a participant must demonstrate both mental and physical skills. This type of activity provides an adrenaline rush to individuals who are part of the "community of extreme sportsmen."
Extreme sports provide opportunity for individuals to be active and fit with added enjoyment of partaking in a fun activity. Extreme sports in conjunction with proper nutrition helps to boost immunity and resistance against common infections. Studies have also exhibited that sports and exercise activities help in managing effective work-life balance as well.
Extreme and Rare Sports: Performance Demands, Drivers, Functional Foods, and Nutrition provides a comprehensive treatise on extreme sports emphasizing the importance of nutrition and research-driven nutraceutical supplements in injury prevention and treatment. The book presents information on the nutritional requirements of sports activities on land, in water, or with high altitude-base. It covers a wide variety of definitions, philosophies, thoughts and practices involved with structurally diverse extreme sports.

Features:
• Discusses specific food and nutritional requirements in extreme sports
• Provides information on the importance of functional foods, nutrition and structurally diverse phytonutrients for different sports
• Features information on Olympic and diverse extreme sports
• Details the importance of hydration and use of gelatin; skeletal muscle damage and recovery from eccentric contractions; and information on dietary supplements and antioxidants
• Presents analysis on growth, marketing, techniques, and future of extreme sports