Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are a class of drug that is commonly used (worldwide) to reduce inflammation and pain. As we will see in the next blog by Dr Nick Tiller, NSAIDs are ...

An interesting review (1) was published recently re-igniting the discussion whether women will ever outperform men in ultra-endurance events. Males tend to outperform females in a number of sports.

Muscle cramping during exercise is a common problem among athletes that involves sudden, involuntary and painful muscle contraction during or after exercise. The occurrence of cramps is quite ...

In previous blogs we have discussed the role of protein intake for muscle protein synthesis. However, muscle contains many different functional proteins. While most research has focussed on ...

Guidelines 10 years ago stated that carbohydrate intake during exercise should be 30-60 grams per hour, this developed to intakes of 90 g/h in some situations, but recently a paper was published that ...

Caffeine can enhance performance but what is the best way to deliver the caffeine? here we look at the benefits of caffeinated chewing gum.

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There is a myth that you can switch to fat burning. But if there is no switch how does fuel use work? This blog outlines the changes in carbohydrate and fat metabolism during exercise.

Now we have come to the blog that puts it all together and talks about the recommendations for carbohydrate intake during exercise.

In a previous blog post, Dr. Kirsty Elliot-Sale nicely highlighted that differences in anatomy, physiology and psychology between males and females make it unclear whether females need different ...

In new Spanish study appeared in the European Journal of Nutrition about the role of caffeine and fat burning (oxidation).

Carbohydrate recommendations during exercise are provided in grams per hour. A study challenged this notion, but is there enough evidence to change recommendations?