The primary objective of this series of experiments was to explore some of the reasons
which lead to equivocal outcomes in the literature on dietary recommendations and to …

Evidence-based sport nutrition guidelines which explore the connection between nutrition,
exercise and well-being form a crucial part of any athlete's competitive and training …

Background Explanations for the phenomenal success of East African distance runners
include unique dietary practices. The aim of the present study was to assess the food and …

Designing the most suitable diet for an athlete requires an intimate knowledge of the
relevant scientific literature, the training and competition demands of the sport, the individual …

Events where near-maximal exercise intensity is maintained over exercise durations of
approximately 1–8 min are generally considered as middle-distance disciplines. These …

Sport and exercise nutrition has developed as a separate field of research and there have
been significant advances in this field in the last 20Á40 years. Sport and exercise nutrition is …

A nutritionally adequate diet is essential to an optimal functioning of the body in general and
to performance in sports in particular. In other words, the elite athlete relies on a diet …

The game of football places high physiological demands on players, who are expected to
react by carrying out a range of physical activities at different intensities. Such movement …

Most endurance athletes train for many hours per week to compete in events which
generally last no longer than 2-3 h. However, there are exceptions and these include the full …

Oral supplementation with glycine-arginine-α-ketoisocaproic acid (GAKIC) has previously
been shown to improve exhaustive high-intensity exercise performance. There are no …