Optimizing Muscle Health, Exercise Recovery and Sports Performance Through Nutritional Strategies
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 1229
Editor
Interests: racket sports; circadian rhythms; sports nutrition; injury risk factors; intermittent sports
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Muscle health, exercise recovery, and physical performance are closely linked to nutritional strategies. Adequate and well-designed nutrition supports skeletal muscle function, enhances training adaptations and facilitates recovery across a wide range of populations, (i.e., athletes and special populations such as older adults and post-menopausal women). Scienficic evidence highlights the importance of sufficient energy availability and balanced macro- and micronutrient intake to preserve lean mass and support recovery following exercise-induced muscle damage. In addition, increasing attention has been given to bioactive compounds and dietary supplements with potential ergogenic and recovery-related effects, including dietary nitrates, omega-3 fatty acids, polyphenols, creatine, and curcumin. Therefore, emerging research also underscores the relevance of personalized and context-specific nutritional approaches that consider factors such as age, sex, training demands, and metabolic health. The purpose of this Special Issue is to contribute new scientific knowledge on nutritional strategies that optimize muscle health and exercise recovery, integrating mechanistic, applied, and translational evidence from both athletic and special populations, with the ultimate aim of advancing evidence-based practice and long-term health outcomes.
Dr. Álvaro López Samanes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- exercise recovery
- nutritional strategies
- skeletal muscle function
- bioactive compounds
- dietary supplements
- personalized nutrition
- oxidative stress
- ergogenic aids
- nutrient timing
- sex-specific responses
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