Nutrition for a Cold Environment
- PMID: 27416347
- DOI: 10.1080/00913847.1989.11709931
Nutrition for a Cold Environment
Abstract
In brief: Preventing hypothermia is crucial to those who work or spend recreation time in cold environments. Adequate energy from the correct proportion of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins can help. Vitamins and minerals are also necessary to prevent nutrition deficiencies and impaired function, but there is no evidence to suggest an increased requirement for them is attributable to cold exposure alone. High protein diets appear to be the worst choice for cold weather work; compared with diets high in carbohydrates or fats, high protein diets increase metabolic water requirements and reduce cold tolerance.
Similar articles
-
Nutrition and the responses to extreme environments.Fed Proc. 1977 Apr;36(5):1673-8. Fed Proc. 1977. PMID: 844611
-
Major advances in applied dairy cattle nutrition.J Dairy Sci. 2006 Apr;89(4):1311-23. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72199-3. J Dairy Sci. 2006. PMID: 16537963 Review.
-
[The geriatric patient and his nutrition].Infusionsther Klin Ernahr. 1977 Feb;4(1):44-7. Infusionsther Klin Ernahr. 1977. PMID: 557455 German.
-
Nutrition of the domestic cat, a mammalian carnivore.Annu Rev Nutr. 1984;4:521-62. doi: 10.1146/annurev.nu.04.070184.002513. Annu Rev Nutr. 1984. PMID: 6380542 Review.
-
Dietary status of elite female high school gymnasts: inadequacy of vitamin and mineral intake.J Am Diet Assoc. 1984 Nov;84(11):1361-3. J Am Diet Assoc. 1984. PMID: 6491118
Cited by
-
Energy Balance of Canadian Armed Forces Personnel during an Arctic-Like Field Training Exercise.Nutrients. 2020 Jun 2;12(6):1638. doi: 10.3390/nu12061638. Nutrients. 2020. PMID: 32498229 Free PMC article.
-
Physiology of exercise in the cold.Sports Med. 1991 Jun;11(6):367-81. doi: 10.2165/00007256-199111060-00003. Sports Med. 1991. PMID: 1925184 Review.
-
Comparison of dietary intakes of Canadian Armed Forces personnel consuming field rations in acute hot, cold, and temperate conditions with standardized infantry activities.Mil Med Res. 2019 Aug 16;6(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40779-019-0216-7. Mil Med Res. 2019. PMID: 31416472 Free PMC article.
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources