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High intensity exercise training – too much of a good thing?

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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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Does overtraining reduce mitochondrial function and glucose tolerance?

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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Should female athletes get different sport science advice?

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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Will women outperform men in ultra-endurance events?

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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UEFA expert group statement on nutrition

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

2 min read

New web site live!

Mysportscience has a new look

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A sports nutrition conference for everyone around the world

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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Is everyone who eats and drinks, a nutrition expert?

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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What you can eat and do to reduce becoming infected with respiratory pathogens like the corona virus

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?

9,510 views

Mental fatigue in sport- what is it and how do we recover from it?

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?

11,434 views

Is game changers game changing or is it sensationalism?

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?

65,200 views

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

8,744 views

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...

10,105 views

Asker Jeukendrup

6 min read

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...

12,083 views

Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

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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