Sports and Energy Drinks. Volume 10: The Science of Beverages

Table of Contents

1. Sports and Energy Drinks: Aspects to Consider 2. What Is the Cost of Soft Drinks to Our Health and Economy? 3. Sports and Energy Drinks: Pharmacological Aspects and Health Impact 4. Factors Influencing the Optimal Choice of Sports Beverages 5. Whey Protein-Based Functional Energy Drinks Formulation and Characterization 6. The Impact of Sports and Energy Drinks in Performance 7. Chemical and Physical Modification of Nonalcoholic Carbonated Beverages to Reduce the Damage Over Teeth and Restorative Materials 8. Role of Phenols in Functional Beverages 9. Functional Beverages in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: An Overview 10. Influence of Substances Present in Energy and Sports Drinks in the Improvement of Athletic Performance 11. Effect of Sports and Energy Drinks on Dental Hard Tissues 12. Health-Promoting Perspectives of Fruit-Based Functional Beverages 13. Emerging Trends and Developments in Beverage Science: Consumption of Different Beverages and Oral Health 14. Fruit Juices as Probiotic Foods 15. A Comprehensive Study of Sports and Energy Drinks 16. Perspectives on the Consumption of Energy Drinks

Authors

Alexandru Grumezescu Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science and Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, at the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is an experienced researcher and published editor in the field of nano and biostructures. He is the editor-in-chief of two international open access journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience. Dr. Grumezescu has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored nine books, and has served as an editor for more than 50 scholarly books. Alina Maria Holban Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania. Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.