The continual supply of ATP to the fundamental cellular processes that underpin skeletal
muscle contraction during exercise is essential for sports performance in events lasting …

The importance of carbohydrate as a fuel source for exercise and athletic performance is
well established. Equally well developed are dietary carbohydrate intake guidelines for …

Why does performing certain tasks cause the aversive experience of mental effort and
concomitant deterioration in task performance? One explanation posits a physical resource …

Since the introduction of the muscle biopsy technique in the late 1960s, our understanding
of the regulation of muscle glycogen storage and metabolism has advanced considerably …

An athlete's carbohydrate intake can be judged by whether total daily intake and the timing
of consumption in relation to exercise maintain adequate carbohydrate substrate for the …

The sense of taste is stimulated when nutrients or other chemical compounds activate
specialized receptor cells within the oral cavity. Taste helps us decide what to eat and …

Despite over 50 years of research, the field of sports nutrition continues to grow at a rapid
rate. Whilst the traditional research focus was one that centred on strategies to maximise …

There have been significant changes in the understanding of the role of carbohydrates
during endurance exercise in recent years, which allows for more specific and more …

Endurance sports are increasing in popularity and athletes at all levels are looking for ways
to optimize their performance by training and nutrition. For endurance exercise lasting 30 …

An influential book written by A. Mosso in the late nineteenth century proposed that fatigue
that “at first sight might appear an imperfection of our body, is on the contrary one of its most …