Training at low to moderate altitudes (~ 1600–2400 m) is a common approach used by
endurance athletes to provide a distinctive environmental stressor to augment training …

Over the last decade, in support of training periodization, there has been an emergence
around the concept of nutritional periodization. Within athletics (track and field), the science …

The International Association of Athletics Federations recognizes the importance of
nutritional practices in optimizing an Athlete's well-being and performance. Although …

Introduction Dietary inorganic nitrate is a popular nutritional supplement, which increases
nitric oxide bioavailability and may improve exercise performance. Despite over a decade of …

This research is a literature study that aims to explore the relationship between carbohydrate
consumption and athlete performance and health, especially female athletes who run long …

Background The ketogenic diet is becoming a popular nutritional model among athletes.
However, the relationship between its use and metabolism during exercise seems to have …

The introduction of the needle muscle biopsy technique in the 1960s allowed muscle tissue
to be sampled from exercising humans for the first time. The finding that muscle glycogen …

The Female Athlete Triad (Triad) and the more encompassing Relative Energy Deficiency in
Sport (RED-S) are disorders caused by low energy availability (LEA). LEA is a state of …

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum Olympic No. 1 (OLP-01) has been shown in previous
animal experiments to improve exercise endurance performance, but this effect has not …

Appropriate dietary intake has been found to positively impact athletes' performance, body
composition and recovery from exercise. Strategies to optimise dietary intake often involve …