Ingestion of agents that modify blood buffering action may affect high-intensity performance.
Here we present a meta-analysis of the effects of acute ingestion of three such agents …

Many athletes use dietary supplements as part of their regular training or competition
routine, including about 85% of elite track and field athletes. Supplements commonly used …

For the athlete training hard, nutritional supplements are often seen as promoting
adaptations to training, allowing more consistent and intensive training by promoting …

Non‐technical summary After 30 years of endeavour, this is the first study to show that
muscle carnitine content can be increased in humans by dietary means and, perhaps more …

Abstract Peart, DJ, Siegler, JC, and Vince, RV. Practical recommendations for coaches and
athletes: A meta-analysis of sodium bicarbonate use for athletic performance. J Strength …

Athletes are affected in various ways by prescription or over-the-counter medications and by
the use of supplements. Physicians caring for athletes need to be aware of the medicines …

A 1% change in average speed is enough to affect medal rankings in intense Olympic
endurance events lasting~ 45 s to 8 min which for example includes 100 m swimming and …

Drug use and abuse is perhaps the biggest challenge facing sport today. However, in the
eye of the storm of public and press opinion and with medals and morals at stake, it can be …

Sodium bicarbonate ingestion has been shown to improve performance in single-bout, high
intensity events, probably due to an increase in buffering capacity, but its influence on single …

The use of nutritional supplements in sport is widespread and few serious athletes do not, at
some stage in their career, succumb to the temptation to experiment with one or more …