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Can postbiotics boost athletic performance?
Gut health plays a crucial role in athletic performance, recovery, and immune support, with prebiotics and probiotics often used to...
Ralf Jäger
4 min read
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Going one step further with altitude training or heat training
Although altitude training had been used for many years, the last few years it has become incredibly popular with endurance athletes....
Raphael Faiss
4 min read
3,573 views


Carbohydrate recommendations relative to body weight
When we recommend carbohydrate intake for the day, it is often expressed as grams per kg bodyweight. For example, for most sports this...
Asker Jeukendrup
6 min read
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Can we measure low energy availability?
The definition of relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs) is that low energy availability (LEA) is the cause of a wide range of...
Jose Areta
7 min read
3,841 views


Busting myths about athlete immunity and low energy availability
In our recent paper, “ Does REDs exist? ”, we raise some important questions about the REDs concept and supporting evidence (1). This...
Neil Walsh
5 min read
5,507 views


Does REDs exist?
“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,...
Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
6,960 views


Our new Sport Nutrition book is available from June 2024
The fourth edition of the textbook Sport Nutrition by Professor Michael Gleeson and myself was published on 5th June 2024. For the last 2...
Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
10,968 views


The myth of switching to fat metabolism
There are countless times I have watched sports on TV and commentators provide their insights on the regulation of fuel use. “And then...
Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
29,356 views


Does a high protein intake increase cardiovascular disease risk?
More protein is often considered better. Here we discuss findings from a study linking a high protein intake to CVD risk?
Archie Belfield and Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
8,434 views


Essential tips for using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)
In a series of previous blogs on mysportscience, the role of blood glucose was discussed and we highlighted what insights Continuous...
Nicola Guess
10 min read
8,074 views


Rethinking protein intake needs
Current sports nutrition guidelines recommend distributing protein intake in multiple equal meals throughout the day (1). This concept of...
Jorn Trommelen
4 min read
20,374 views


Oxygenated water
Oxygenated water has been a topic of interest for many years. Products appear on the market with impressive claims about health and...
Asker Jeukendrup and Nick Tiller
5 min read
2,890 views


CGM in sport
Continuous glucose monitoring (or CGM) is a body-worn “wearable” device that measures and displays interstitial sugar (glucose) levels....
Mike Riddell and Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
6,860 views


Is sugar bad for athletes?
Sugar is often labelled as being “bad” for health. Some headlines claim sugar causes obesity, as well as cancer, cardiovascular disease...
Asker Jeukendrup
12 min read
27,999 views


How sugar helps with energy supply
After the previous blog where we discussed what sugars are, in this blog we will look at the role of sugar for energy provision. We will...
Asker Jeukendrup
4 min read
13,808 views


What is sugar?
In the next few blogs we will tackle the topic of “sugar”. There are some daunting headlines in the media: Sugar is a silent killer....
Asker Jeukendrup
3 min read
7,901 views


From fad diets to fat burners: How pseudoscience is harming your practice
Misinformation is everywhere. It affects how we think, how we behave, and the decisions we make. Nowhere is this truer than in the global...
Nicholas B Tiller
4 min read
3,090 views


What is pseudoscience?
Pseudoscience is almost the opposite of science, even though it dresses up in science’s clothes.
Asker Jeukendrup
5 min read
3,871 views


How do we measure protein quality?
Protein synthesis underpins adaptations of muscle mass, muscle strength, and all other adaptations to training. Protein quality can be an...

Archie Belfield
5 min read
12,458 views


Why science does not "prove" anything
We often read that science has “proven” something…. However, for a scientist this is an immediate red flag, as we should never use the...
Asker Jeukendrup
6 min read
4,924 views
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