Over the past decade, sports nutrition has quietly become one of the most technologically driven areas of performance support ...

In a previous blog I explained the reason for the grams per hour recommendations. In a large number of studies there seemed to be only small differences between individuals in terms of the maximum ...

The studies by David Costill in the late 1970s (2) showed that caffeine can increase the mobilisation of fatty acids from their stores. Fat is stored in several tissues but mostly in adipose tissues.

Guidelines 10 years ago stated that carbohydrate intake during exercise should be 30-60 grams per hour, this developed to intakes of 90 g/h in some situations, but recently a paper was published that ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) have advised that a diet high in free sugars can be harmful to health as it is associated with dental decay and may lead to excess consumption of energy (calories), ...

Caffeine is both a drug and a nutrient. A cup of coffee in the morning is used to wake up a cup in the evening is often used to work or study late. Athletes often use it to improve endurance ...

With increasing age muscle strength, lean/muscle mass and functional ability decline. This is commonly referred to as sarcopenia. Sarcopenia decreases the ability to perform activities of daily living ...

Muscle cramping during exercise is a common problem among athletes that involves sudden, involuntary and painful muscle contraction during or after exercise. The occurrence of cramps is quite ...

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 2004, a study was conducted by Hans Geyer in Germany. They purchased 634 supplements and found that up to 14.8% were contaminated with doping substances. In some countries it was more than 20%.

An alkaline diet, alkaline water, alkalising supplements are often promoted in the lay press as “healthy”. There is a whole movement that promotes an alkaline diet, claiming our current diet is to ...