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Food Components to Enhance Performance:

An Evaluation of Potential Performance-Enhancing Food Components for Operational Rations

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Publication Year:1994


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Bernadette M. Marriott, Editor; Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board
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The physiological or psychological stresses that employees bring to their workplace affect not only their own performance but that of their co-workers and others. These stresses are often compounded by those of the job itself. Medical personnel, firefighters, police, and ...
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Front Matter i-xvi  
I. Committee Summary and Recommendations 1-2 (skim)
1. Introduction and Background 3-46 (skim)
2. Conclusions and Recommendations 47-62 (skim)
II. Background and Introduction to the Topic 63-64 (skim)
3. Nutritional Enhancement of Soldier Performance at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, 1985-1992 65-76 (skim)
4. Optimizing the Design of Combat Rations 77-92 (skim)
5. Biochemical Strategies for Ration Design: Concerns of Bioavailability 93-110 (skim)
III. Military Issues 111-112 (skim)
6. Evaluation of Physical Performance 113-126 (skim)
7. The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Performance During Continuous Combat Operations 127-136 (skim)
8. The Role of Context in Behavioral Effects of Foods 137-158 (skim)
IV. Stress and Nutrient Interactions: Metabolic Consequences 159-160 (skim)
9. Stress and Monoamine Neurons in the Brain 161-176 (skim)
10. Endocrine and Immune System Response to Stress 177-208 (skim)
11. The Metabolic Responses to Stress and Physical Activity 209-220 (skim)
V. Potential Performance-Enhancing Food Components 221-222 (skim)
12. Food Components That May Optimize Physical Preformance: An Overview 223-238 (skim)
13. Effects of Nutrients on Neurotransmitter Release 239-262 (skim)
14. Performance-Enhancing Effects of Protein and Amino 263-276 (skim)
15. Tyrosine and Stress: Human and Animal Studies 277-300 (skim)
16. Tyrosine and Glucose Modulation of Cognitive Deficits Resulting from Cold Stress 301-320 (skim)
17. Carbohydrates, Protein, and Performance 321-350 (skim)
18. Structured Lipids: An Overview and Comments on Performance Enhancement Potential 351-380 (skim)
19. Choline: Human Requirements and Effects on Human Performance 381-406 (skim)
20. Effects of Caffeine on Cognitive Performance, Mood, and Alertness in Sleep-Deprived Humans 407-432 (skim)
21. The Role of Carnitine in Enhancing Physical Performance 433-452 (skim)
VI. Safety and Regulatory Aspects of Potential Ration Enhancement 453-454 (skim)
22. Safety Concerns Regarding Supplemental Amino Acids: Results of a Study 455-460 (skim)
23. Regulatoin of Amino Acids and Other Dietary Components Associated with Enhanced Physical Performance 461-474 (skim)
Appendixes 475-476 (skim)
Appendix A: Scenarios that Illustrate Potential Usefulness of Food Components to Enhance Performance 477-480 (skim)
Appendix B: Military Recommended Dietary Allowances 481-500 (skim)
Appendix C: A Selected Bibliography on an Evaluation of Potential Performance-Enhancing food Components for Operational Rations 501-514 (skim)
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches 515-528 (skim)
Index 529-544 (skim)

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The physiological or psychological stresses that employees bring to their workplace affect not only their own performance but that of their co-workers and others. These stresses are often compounded by those of the job itself. Medical personnel, firefighters, police, and military personnel in combat settings--among others--experience highly unpredictable timing and types of stressors.
This book reviews and comments on the performance-enhancing potential of specific food components. It reflects the views of military and non-military scientists from such fields as neuroscience, nutrition, physiology, various medical specialties, and performance psychology on the most up-to-date research available on physical and mental performance enhancement in stressful conditions. Although placed within the context of military tasks, the volume will have wide-reaching implications for individuals in any job setting.

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