Supplements 3/3

Ronald Maughan

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Dietary supplements and elite athletes

A consensus document by experts brought together by the IOC on dietary supplements and elite athletes

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Asker Jeukendrup

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Vitamin D and performance

A recent study investigated if there is a link between vitamin D status and exercise performance and if sunlight or supplementation can be b

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Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Vitamin D supplementation guide

This will help to make decisions on vitamin D. When do you recommend vitamin D? and how much?

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Is caffeine responsiveness in your genes?

Craig Pickering

4 min read

Is caffeine responsiveness in your genes?

Caffeine can improve performance but there seem to be large individual differences in the response. Is this all down to our genes?

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Using gelatin to improve performance, prevent injury, and accelerate return to play

Keith Baar

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Using gelatin to improve performance, prevent injury, and accelerate return to play

New research suggests that we may be able to use gelatin to prevent injury. Here is the how and what by one of the worlds leading experts.

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Asker Jeukendrup

4 min read

How to use tart cherry juice

Tart cherry juice has become increasingly popular as a recovery aid and the scientific evidence seems to be growing. I caught up with Profes

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Bitter-sweet application of Montmorency cherries in recovery

Glyn Howatson

4 min read

Bitter-sweet application of Montmorency cherries in recovery

In recent years there has been a growing interest in so-called ‘functional foods’. One of these is tart cherry juice.

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Probiotics: can they help to prevent illness?

Michael Gleeson

4 min read

Probiotics: can they help to prevent illness?

What are probiotics? What are their benefits? Can they help to prevent illness?

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Asker Jeukendrup

4 min read

Timing of caffeine intake in long races

There is no question that caffeine can improve endurance performance. But what if you take it late in exercise? Does it still work?

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Asker Jeukendrup

4 min read

Ketone bodies: Fuel or hype?

Have we found a new magic substrate (fuel) for the muscle or is it all hype?

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Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Do green pills help athletes?

Spirulina and chlorella are popular supplements but do they work for athletes?

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Citrulline, arginine and high intensity exercise performance

Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Citrulline, arginine and high intensity exercise performance

Nitric oxide (NO) is a very small but very important molecule in the human body. It plays a crucial role in many processes in the body.

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Supplements may not be what you expect them to be

Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Supplements may not be what you expect them to be

A nutrition supplement is, as the name indicates, supposed to “supplement” the diet, not replace the diet or become the main goal

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A fat burning supplement: fat or fiction?

Asker Jeukendrup

5 min read

A fat burning supplement: fat or fiction?

A popular nutrition supplement with claims to help weight loss and fat burning is the seaweed extract fucoxanthin

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Interview with physiologist and beetroot expert Prof Andrew Jones

Asker Jeukendrup - Andrew Jones

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Interview with physiologist and beetroot expert Prof Andrew Jones

Here is an interview with one of the greatest physiologists in the United Kingdom - Professor Andrew Jones, now Associate Dean Research in t

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Beetroot juice improves intermittent exercise and cognitive performance

Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Beetroot juice improves intermittent exercise and cognitive performance

More benefits from beetroot juice? Let's explore some recent findings by Professor Andrew Jones

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Asker Jeukendrup

2 min read

How would you construct a pyramid?

It is incredibly common that more attention is paid to supplements than to a healthy balanced diet.

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Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Beta-alanine: the new creatine?

Beta-alanine has rapidly become a very popular supplement amongst competitive athletes in a wide range of sports.

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Asker Jeukendrup

3 min read

Coffee versus caffeine

This blog explains the scientific reasons as to why protein is important for endurance athletes.

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Proteins: Milk, Whey, Casein, Soy and more

Asker Jeukendrup

4 min read

Proteins: Milk, Whey, Casein, Soy and more

What is a protein? What are the different types? Which type is best?

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

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