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Alcohol, athletic performance and recovery

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posted on 2024-06-06, 11:22 authored by LD Vella, D Cameron-Smith
Alcohol consumption within elite sport has been continually reported both anecdotally within the media and quantitatively in the literature. The detrimental effects of alcohol on human physiology have been well documented, adversely influencing neural function, metabolism, cardiovascular physiology, thermoregulation and skeletal muscle myopathy. Remarkably, the downstream effects of alcohol consumption on exercise performance and recovery, has received less attention and as such is not well understood. The focus of this review is to identify the acute effects of alcohol on exercise performance and give a brief insight into explanatory factors.

History

Journal

Nutrients

Volume

2

Pagination

781-789

Location

Basel, Switzerland

Open access

  • Yes

eISSN

2072-6643

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2010, The Authors

Issue

8

Publisher

MDPI