Recently, there has been increased interest in nutritional strategies that can improve brain performance and health. Creatine monohydrate...

Superfoods are everywhere but what are they? It turns out that it is just a marketing term for foods with high nutrient densities.

Creatine is one of the most popular supplements among athletes, and unlike many of the supplements on the market, it has an excellent...

What if we could modify the chemical structure of nutrients to alter their digestion, absorption, and metabolic effects during exercise?...

In a previous blog-post we defined what energy availability is and what typically is considered to be ‘low energy availability’ (LEA)....

Exercise training will help health and performance. But will too much exercise do the opposite? This was the topic of debate in the media...

Muscle cramps during exercise can drastically affect performance and are a common problem amongst endurance athletes. These cramps are...

A recent paper (1) studied how a progressively increasing training program affected various measures of health and performance. It...

Milk features in the nutrition guidelines in nearly every country in the world. Clearly it has some beneficial attributes, but it also...

Milk and other dairy products are polarising. Some claim it is the best option for recovery, others claim there are detrimental health...

Muscle cramping during exercise is a common problem among athletes that involves sudden, involuntary and painful muscle contraction...

The intestine is responsible for absorption of nutrients but also to keep large molecules and germs out of our bodies. It has been...

What are the ‘relative energy deficiency in sport’ (RED-S), the ‘athlete triad’ and low energy availability? Definition of concepts and...

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...

Should women get different sport and exercise science advice/support than men? The honest answer is that [right now] we just don’t know....

Many people living with type 1 diabetes live an active lifestyle, and there are numerous examples of individuals achieving incredible...