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Preventing and managing gut issues

It is now well accepted that gut complaints during and after exercise are a common issues amongst athletes (Read more here). The primary...

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What causes gut issues during and after exercise?

Ricardo Costa

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What causes gut issues during and after exercise?

Many competitions take place in hot and challenging conditions. The Tokyo Olympic Games are only an example. The expected hot conditions...

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Importance of exercise for people with diabetes

Sam Scott

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Importance of exercise for people with diabetes

More and more people with type 1 diabetes are active and there are now a number of individuals living with type 1 diabetes competing at...

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Milking it, can lactose be useful in sports nutrition?

Ollie Odell

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Milking it, can lactose be useful in sports nutrition?

Lactose is a sugar found in milk. Is this type of carbohydrate a good source ion energy during exercise? This blog looks at the results...

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Smaller runners benefit more from nutrition during a marathon

Asker Jeukendrup

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Smaller runners benefit more from nutrition during a marathon

In a previous blog we discussed what it takes to run a sub 2h marathon. Nutrition is an important factor, and in particular race...

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Asker Jeukendrup

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Do slow carbs live up to the hype?

Slow carbs are in fashion. There are slow carb diets, slow carb sports nutrition products, and just slow carbs. But do they live up to...

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UEFA expert group statement on nutrition

Asker Jeukendrup

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UEFA expert group statement on nutrition

The UEFA expert group statement on nutrition in elite football (1) has now been published. After many months of hard work, a sizeable...

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Caroline Tarnowski

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Race day breakfast considerations

Breakfast or the last meal before competition is important and can have a significant impact on performance.

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Asker Jeukendrup

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Glycemic index useful or useless?

What is the glycemic index? how can it be used? what are the limitations?

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120 grams of carbohydrate per hour in mountain marathon runners

Asker Jeukendrup

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120 grams of carbohydrate per hour in mountain marathon runners

A new paper was published that suggests intakes of 120 g/h in mountain marathon runners.

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The case for high carbohydrate intake during long races

Asker Jeukendrup

4 min read

The case for high carbohydrate intake during long races

Runners find it hard to ingest carbohydrate during running, perhaps because they are not used to it. Studies show they could benefit from...

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What is better? Frequent sips or larger amounts of drinks during running?

Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

What is better? Frequent sips or larger amounts of drinks during running?

Carbohydrate intake during exercise can enhance endurance exercise performance. but should it be frequent sips or less regular larger amount

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Asker Jeukendrup

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Zwift and my nutrition plan

The corona virus has changed the way many people exercise. Many cyclists and runners have resorted to Zwift for their training. Zwift...

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Shona Halson

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Enhancing sleep through nutrition

Sleep is vital for physiological and psychological functions that may be particularly important to athletes.

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The sweet taste of success: Fructose for recovery in multi-stage races

Javier T. Gonzalez

4 min read

The sweet taste of success: Fructose for recovery in multi-stage races

Resynthesis of liver and muscle glycogen respond differently to different types of carbohydrate. This may have implications for performance.

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Asker Jeukendrup

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Is low carb low carb?

The Tower of Babel would reach into heaven. But this tower could not be completed because of confusion and the fact that workers did not spe

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Breakfast is not real and breakfast skippers do not exist

James Betts

4 min read

Breakfast is not real and breakfast skippers do not exist

The seemingly mythical status of breakfast stems from age-old tales of reduced appetite later in the day and legendary feats such as...

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Performance effects of a mouth rinse updated

Asker Jeukendrup

2 min read

Performance effects of a mouth rinse updated

In a previous blog we discussed the effect of a simple mouth rinse with a carbohydrate solution on exercise performance. Here is an update.

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Asker Jeukendrup

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A nifty tool to plan your nutrition

I have been helping athletes to create nutrition plans for their races for a long time. For 25 years, I have worked with, listened to and...

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Asker Jeukendrup

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Energy bars, gels or drinks?

Athletes use, drinks, gels, bars, fruits and other forms of carbohydrate. But what is the best way to take carbohydrate?

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30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SPORTS NUTRITION AS A RESEARCHER, EDUCATOR, PRACTITIONER, CONSULTANT AND ATHLETE

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