Monthly Archives: March 2013

Combining different carbohydrates increases oxidation and delivery, reducing fatigue and improving performance

MULTIPLE TRANSPORTABLE CARBOHYDRATES AND THEIR BENEFITS KEY POINTS During prolonged exercise, the performance benefits of carbohydrate ingestion may be achieved by maintaining plasma glucose concentration and high rates of carbohydrate oxidation. Limitations to exogenous carbohydrate oxidation appear to be in … Continue reading

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Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency in Elite Irish Athletes (Research Paper)

Vitamin D Status and Supplementation in Elite Irish Athletes Authors: Pamela J. Magee1, L. Kirsty Pourshahidi1, Julie M.W. Wallace1, John Cleary2, 3, Joe Conway4, Edward Harney5 and Sharon M. Madigan2, 3 Affiliations: 1Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health, University of Ulster, Coleraine, … Continue reading

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Preventing Cold Weather Injuries.

How to warm up and substantially reduce the risk of cold induced injuries. With the recent cold weather snap and climate change  looking like its going to afford us a cold start to the racing season for the future it … Continue reading

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Effect of L-Carnitine Supplementation on Muscle and Blood Carnitine Content and Lactate Accumulation During High Intesity Sprint Cycling

This study examined the effects of 14 days of L-carnitine supplementation on muscle and blood carnitine fractions, and muscle and blood lactate concentrations, during high-intensity sprint cycling exercise. Eight subjects performed three experimental trials: control I (CON I, Day 0), … Continue reading

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Methods to Standardize Dietary Intake Before Performance Testing

When preforming testing on Athletes dietary intake should be standardized for all testing to ensure continuity across testing. As from this study and others diet has shown to affect performance. If diet is affecting performance and testing protocol is not … Continue reading

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L-arginne Supplementation has no effect on exercise tolerance or O2 cost

No effect of acute L-arginine supplementation on O(2) cost or exercise tolerance. Vanhatalo A, Bailey SJ, Dimenna FJ, Blackwell JR, Wallis GA, Jones AM. Source Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, St. Luke’s Campus, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2LU, … Continue reading

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Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 3rd Edition Review.

The 3rd edition of the Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes is written by Monique Ryan a world renowned nutritionist. Monique Ryan MS RD CSSD LDN has over 30 years experience in the world of performance sports nutrition. She is also … Continue reading

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Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan MD & Luke Shanahan MFA

Catherine Shanahan MD trained at Cornell Universitys Molecular Biology program where she learned how nutrients direct physiologic growth. She has continued to study nutrition and alternative medicine since residency training in Tuscan, Arizona. Dr. Shannahan’s lectures have revolutionized how fellow medical professionals think … Continue reading

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Cooling Glove is better than steroids….so they say at Stanford University.

Stanford researchers’ cooling glove ‘better than steroids’ – and helps solve physiological mystery, too The temperature-regulation research of Stanford biologists H. Craig Heller and Dennis Grahn has led to a device that rapidly cools body temperature, greatly improves exercise recovery, … Continue reading

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Gene Discovery Reveals Importance of Eating Your Greens

Eating your greens may be even more important that previously thought, with the discovery that an immune cell population essential for intestinal health could be controlled by leafy greens in your diet The immune cells, named innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), … Continue reading

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