Waterlogged

Author: Noakes T Category: Sports Nutrition Audience: Elite Athlete Length: 429 pages Publisher: Human Kinetics   Year Published: 2011 List Price: $24.95

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Waterlogged is a sports nutrition book. More specifically, it focuses on proper hydration in athletes and athletic performance.

Recommended for: weekend warriors, serious athletes, and their coaches and trainers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

• Tim Noakes, MD, DSc, is recognized internationally as an expert on the science of proper hydration during athletic performance.

CONTENT

The 429-page book contains 11 chapters:

• Chapter 1: Perspectives on Human Physiology and Hydration
• Chapter 2: Thirst as a Signal for Fluid Intake
• Chapter 3: Water's Role in Thermoregulation
• Chapter 4: Salt Balance in the Body
• Chapter 5: Emergence of the Sports Drink Industry
• Chapter 6: The Shaky Science of Hydration
• Chapter 7: Early Drinking Guidelines
• Chapter 8: Discovery of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia (EAH)
• Chapter 9: The Biology of EAH
• Chapter 10: EAH and EAHE on a Global Scale
• Chapter 11: Guidelines for Fluid Intake and Diagnosis of EAH

REVIEW

Review coming soon....

This book contains so much detail (some of it, extraneous!), and, is so long, that we are struggling to get through it. At this time, we can only recommend this book for academics and graduate students in exercise science.