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The role of testosterone in nutrition and sports: an overview

Document type:
Buchbeitrag
Author(s):
Lingen J, Hofmann H, Schoenfelder M
Pages contribution:
315-322
Abstract:
Testosterone is a steroid hormone with powerful androgenic and anabolic effects. It is generally known that testosterone can help to build muscle mass and change body composition in favor of fat-free mass. Additionally those effects can be enhanced if combined with strength training. Testosterone exerts its hypertrophic effects on muscles in an anabolic as well as an anti-catabolic manner, leading to increased protein synthesis and decreased protein breakdown; and furthermore leading to an acti...     »
Dewey Decimal Classification:
570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie; 610 Medizin und Gesundheit; 790 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung
Editor:
Bagchi D, Sreejavan N, Sen C K
Book title:
Nutrition and enhanced sports performance: Muscle building, endurance, and strength
Publisher:
Elsevier Verlag
Publisher address:
München
Year:
2013
Print-ISBN:
9780123964540
E-ISBN:
9780123964779
Language:
en
DOI:
doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-396454-0.00031-X
Semester:
SS 13
TUM Institution:
Professur für Bewegung, Ernährung und Gesundheit
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