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When we recommend carbohydrate intake for the day, it is often expressed as grams per kg bodyweight. For example, for most sports this will be between 5 and 8 g/kg with values up to 12 g/kg on some ...
Muscle density is an independent risk factor for disability and falls in older adults. T he combination of creatine supplementation and resistance training also increases upper- and lower-body ...
“Does REDs exist?” is the title of a paper we recently published (1). After many years assuming REDs was based on a solid evidence base, we started reading about the history and background behind the ...
There are countless times I have watched sports on TV and commentators provide their insights on the regulation of fuel use. “And then you switch to fat metabolism” is one of the commonly heard catch ...
In contrast to single meal studies, most long-term studies failed to find any benefit of protein distribution. Even studies on intermittent fasting/time-restricted findings did not observe a ...
In previous blogs we have discussed the role of protein intake for muscle protein synthesis. However, muscle contains many different functional proteins. While most research has focussed on ...
So, when glucose levels are changing rapidly, like after a meal or during heavy exercise, CGMs appear to be less accurate. However, this is simply a delay issue and NOT an accuracy problem (2). This ...
Oxygenated water has been a topic of interest for many years. Products appear on the market with impressive claims about health and performance. Most of it is pseudoscience, a lot of wishful thinking.
The term “Fat burners” refers to a category of supplements. These supplements are claimed to influence fat metabolism in some way. Fat burners are generally believed to help people lose fat and they ...
Sugar is often labelled as being “bad” for health. Some headlines claim sugar causes obesity, as well as cancer, cardiovascular disease or premature death. In contrast, sugars are labelled as “good” ...
In the next few blogs we will tackle the topic of “sugar”. There are some daunting headlines in the media: Sugar is a silent killer. Sugar causes obesity and diabetes. Sugar causes cancer. Sugar seems ...
In a previous blog we explored how underrepresented women are in scientific research and we recommended that we need more studies in female athletes. However, research is slow, and takes time.