Background Concentrations of endogenous sex hormones fluctuate across the menstrual
cycle (MC), which could have implications for exercise performance in women. At present …

L-histidine (HIS) is an essential amino acid with unique roles in proton buffering, metal ion
chelation, scavenging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, erythropoiesis, and the …

Nutrition usually makes a small but potentially valuable contribution to successful
performance in elite athletes, and dietary supplements can make a minor contribution to this …

The term “food first” has been widely accepted as the preferred strategy within sport nutrition,
although there is no agreed definition of this and often limited consideration of the …

A strong foundation in physical conditioning and sport-specific experience, in addition to a
bespoke and periodized training and nutrition program, are essential for athlete …

In meta-analysis, study participants are nested within studies, leading to a multilevel data
structure. The traditional random effects model can be considered as a model with a random …

Objective The aim was to quantify the proportion of the literature on caffeine
supplementation that reports habitual caffeine consumption, and determine the influence of …

Carnosine is a dipeptide synthesized in the body from β-alanine and L-histidine. It is found
in high concentrations in the brain, muscle, and gastrointestinal tissues of humans and is …

Athletes are exposed to numerous nutritional products, attractively marketed with claims of
optimizing health, function, and performance. However, there is limited evidence to support …

To identify how variables such as exercise condition, supplementation strategy, participant
characteristics and demographics, and practices that control oral microbiota diversity could …