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Nutrition for Master Athletes: Is There a Need for Specific Recommendations?
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
|November 20, 2019
Summary
Master athletes maintain high performance by adapting nutrition to aging-related metabolic challenges like low energy availability and anabolic resistance. This review offers nutritional recommendations for these elite older athletes.
Area of Science:
- Sports Science
- Gerontology
- Nutritional Science
Background:
- Master athletes exemplify successful aging, maintaining high sports performance throughout life.
- Factors include high training capacity, competition, and delayed physiological changes.
- Limited data exists on master athletes' metabolism and dietary habits regarding aging.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of metabolic challenges associated with aging in master athletes.
- To examine the necessity of nutritional adaptations for master athletes.
- To propose nutritional recommendations for master athletes.
Main Methods:
- Review of scientific literature on aging, metabolism, and master athletes.
- Analysis of metabolic challenges: low energy availability, anabolic resistance, immobilization.
- Synthesis of evidence to support nutritional adaptation.
Main Results:
- Aging presents metabolic challenges including reduced energy availability and anabolic resistance.
- Master athletes face risks of metabolic crisis during immobilization.
- Scientific evidence indicates a need for dietary adjustments in master athletes.
Conclusions:
- Master athletes must adapt their nutritional intake to mitigate aging-related metabolic issues.
- Specific nutritional recommendations are proposed for master athletes.
- Further research is needed to refine nutritional strategies for this population.
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