Countermeasure · Space Medicine
In-Flight Nutrition
Carefully planned diet and supplementation — adequate energy, protein, vitamin D, and controlled sodium — works together with exercise to protect bone and muscle and to support overall crew health.
Mitigates
The physiological effects this countermeasure targets.
Studied aboard & related
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupSpace Medicine
- MitigatesBone density loss
- MitigatesMuscle atrophy
- Associated withInternational Space Station
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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