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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Asker Jeukendrup
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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