VITOR HUGO TEIXEIRA

Sports Nutritionist, Researcher, Lecturer

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Current

Sport nutritionist at FC Porto – First Team and Youth Team in Football, assisting handball, basketball, roller hockey, swimming as well as in the 25 affiliated Football Schools across the country
Consultant on sports nutrition to high-level athletes from several sports – golf, downhill skating, judo, handball, football, football refereeing, canoeing, swimming, roller hockey, basketball, marathon, etc.
Researcher at the Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL)
Scientific referee for international peer-review journals
University Professor in undergraduate and post-graduate studies at University of Porto in Human Nutrition, Sports Nutrition and Soccer Nutrition
Sports Nutrition Professor in MSc in Metabolic and Behavioural Diseases at University of Lisbon

ACADEMIC DEGREES

PhD in Human Nutrition
Master in Food Quality
Bachelor Nutritional Sciences

AFFILIATIONS

Futebol Clube do Porto
Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL)
Member and Counsellor of the Order of Nutritionists
Football Medicine^®

PUBLICATIONS

Nutritional Guidelines for Football Players. In: Injuries and Health Problems in Football. 2017; Springer.
Supplements in football. In: Injuries and Health Problems in Football. 2017; Springer.
Creatine or vitamin D supplementation in individuals with a spinal cord injury undergoing resistance training: A double-blinded, randomized pilot trial. J Spinal Cord Medicine. 2017; 1-8.
Nutritional supplement-usage associated characteristics of high-performing athletes. British Food Journal. 2016; 118:26-39.
Nutritional supplements use in high-performance athletes is related with lower nutritional inadequacy from food. J Sport Health Science 2016: 368-374.
Validation of multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis in Athletes. Rev Bras Ci. e Mov 2015;23(1):48-57.
Nutritional intake of elite football referees. J Sports Sci. 2014; 32(13): 1279-1285.
Dietary strategies to recover from exercise-induced muscle damage. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2014 Mar;65(2):151-63
Nutritional supplements usage by Portuguese athletes. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2013 Feb;83(1):48-58.
Nutrition and nutritional issues for dancers.Med Probl Perform Art. 2013 Sep;28(3):119-23.
Blood antioxidant and oxidative stress biomarkers acute responses to a 1000-m kayak sprint in elite male kayakers. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2013 Feb;53(1):71-9.
Impact of fluid restriction and ad libitum water intake or an 8% carbohydrate-electrolyte beverage on skill performance of elite adolescent basketball players. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2011;21(3):214-21.
Antioxidant status, oxidative stress, and damage in elite trained kayakers and canoeists and sedentary controls. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2009 Oct;19(5):443-56.
Antioxidant status, oxidative stress, and damage in elite kayakers after 1 year of training and competition in 2 seasons. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2009 Aug;34(4):716-24.
Antioxidants do not prevent postexercise peroxidation and may delay muscle recovery. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009;41(9):1752-60.

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