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 ...

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

Creatine has been proposed as a possible countermeasure of sarcopenia. Accumulating research over the past few decades shows that creatine supplementation, primarily when combined with resistance-type ...

“Does REDs exist?” is the title of a paper we recently published (1). After many years assuming REDs was based on a solid evidence base, we started reading about the history and background behind the ...

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.

Current sports nutrition guidelines recommend distributing protein intake in multiple equal meals throughout the day (1). This concept of protein distribution is primarily based on studies suggesting ...

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 ...

In athletes, fructose is often used in addition to glucose to deliver more carbohydrate and improve endurance performance. This blog describes the possible role of fructose during exercise, and ...

Oxygenated water has been a topic of interest for many years. Products appear on the market with impressive claims about health and performance. Most of it is pseudoscience, a lot of wishful thinking.

Sugar is often labelled as being “bad” for health. Some headlines claim sugar causes obesity, as well as cancer, cardiovascular disease or premature death. In contrast, sugars are labelled as “good” ...

We are constantly bombarded with scary messages about sugar being a silent killer or the cause of obesity. We also hear that athletes need to take gels and drinks that contain sugars. To address this ...

Female athletes are given sex-specific recommendations for training around the menstrual cycle. This blog describes findings from a recent study to outline whether there is sufficient evidence to make ...