Nutritional Supplements, Exercise and Muscle

Dear Colleagues,

Skeletal muscle, responsible for movement and locomotion, constitutes a primary system intricately linked to energy metabolism, thermoregulation, respiratory function and the secretion of hormones, crucial for life support. Consequently, maintaining and improving muscle mass is crucial for enhancing the overall quality of life, ensuring survival and mitigating the onset or progression of diverse metabolic diseases. The quantity and quality of skeletal muscle can be altered through plasticity, with exercise and nutrition being essential considerations. While numerous studies have highlighted the significance of exercise and nutrition interventions for skeletal muscle health and diseases, the need for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms by which exercise and nutrition strategies maintain and improve skeletal muscle remains.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to advance the understanding of and provide novel insights into maintaining and improving skeletal muscle through exercise and nutrition interventions. This Special Issue welcomes the submission of manuscripts including the following topics: nutrition and exercise effects on skeletal muscle plasticity; metabolism, nutrition and exercise; exercise, nutritional supplements and skeletal muscle.

Dr. Jisu Kim
Dr. Jonghoon Park
Dr. Jooyoung Kim
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• nutrition
• exercise
• skeletal muscle
• nutritional supplement
• muscle metabolism
• muscle hypertrophy
• muscle plasticity