Biochemistry Primer for Exercise Science - 3rd Edition

by Michael E. Houston

Book Overview

Biochemistry Primer for Exercise Science, Third Edition, fully integrates the concepts of biochemistry and physiology of exercise and provides critical information on how genes are controlled. In doing so, it melds the fields of human nutrition, physiology, and biochemistry into a more unifying science, and it presents readers with the biochemistry content they need in order to understand the molecular aspects of human physical activity. Each chapter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736056122
• ISBN13: 9780736056120
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"

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the important baseline to understand exercise metabolism

if you're interested in adquiring an easy and understandable base about proteins, carbohydrates and fats this book is a must as well as an indipensable start to understand further readings about the metabolism of exercise. The complete explanation about the turnover of proteins, krebs cycle, fatty acids, different roles of celular ARN are so well explained that you don't need to be an expert to understand the basics of this biochemical principles.