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Asker Jeukendrup
9 min read
Kevin Tipton will never be forgotten
On the 9th of January 2022 Kevin Tipton, a respected and much loved colleague and friend passed away. His legacy will continue to inspire us
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Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
Why nutrition labels are not useful for athletes
This blog is about current nutrition labels on sports nutrition products and why they are not helpful for athletes. Nutrition labels may...
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Asker Jeukendrup
6 min read
High intensity exercise training – too much of a good thing?
Exercise training will help health and performance. But will too much exercise do the opposite? This was the topic of debate in the media...
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Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
Does overtraining reduce mitochondrial function and glucose tolerance?
A recent paper (1) studied how a progressively increasing training program affected various measures of health and performance. It...
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Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
What causes an athlete’s leaky gut?
The intestine is responsible for absorption of nutrients but also to keep large molecules and germs out of our bodies. It has been...
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Ollie Odell
4 min read
How does caffeine work?
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...
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Kirsty Elliott-Sale
3 min read
Should female athletes get different sport science advice?
Should women get different sport and exercise science advice/support than men? The honest answer is that [right now] we just don’t know....
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Ollie Odell
5 min read
Will women outperform men in ultra-endurance events?
An interesting review (1) was published recently re-igniting the discussion whether women will ever outperform men in ultra-endurance...
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Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
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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Asker Jeukendrup
6 min read
Nutrition for Jumbo Visma in the Tour
10 reasons why I think the nutrition strategy at JumboVisma is unique and successful.
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Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
Oral contraceptives and performance
The effect of contraceptive pills are used by female athletes may affect performance. Here the evidence is presented.
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Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
A sports nutrition conference for everyone around the world
WorldwideE online Sports Nutrition Conference 13 and 14 June 2020
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Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
Myth busting: the alkaline diet
An alkaline diet, alkaline water, alkalising supplements are often promoted in the lay press as “healthy”. But what is the evidence?
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Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
Is everyone who eats and drinks, a nutrition expert?
If you shout something loud enough, and with enough confidence, people will listen. Read more about the Dunning Kruger effect.
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Michael Gleeson
8 min read
What you can eat and do to reduce becoming infected with respiratory pathogens like the corona virus
What is the role for nutrition in reducing infections? Can supplements "boost" immunity?
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Shona Halson
4 min read
Mental fatigue in sport- what is it and how do we recover from it?
Can mental fatigue affect physical performance? and if so is there something e can do about this?
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Asker Jeukendrup
20 min read
Is game changers game changing or is it sensationalism?
An analysis of the movie game changers. It it real science?
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Asker Jeukendrup
3 min read
Personalised sports nutrition
Many agree that the future of nutrition is personalised nutrition. There are different levels of personalisation, some that have been used f
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Asker Jeukendrup
3 min read
New textbook Sport Nutrition
Soon the 3rd Edition of the textbook Sport Nutrition by Professor Mike Gleeson and myself will hit the shelves. For the last 18 months we...
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