Training Articles - Nutrition
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Articles - Nutrition
- Artificial Sweeteners
Do sweeteners have the ability to prevent weight loss?
May the use of artificial sweeteners produce possible side effects?
What are some of the differences between artificial sweeteners? - What your athletes should be
eating
Athletes - how to determine your daily nutritional requirements
- Nutrional Tips
Skipping meals or reducing your calorie intake does not help control weight in the long term. It is important to eat at regular intervals, ideally every 3-5 hours, as this helps to keep blood sugar levels stable.
- Achieving a balanced diet for vegetarian
athletes
How vegetarian athletes can achieve a balanced diet to support their athletic career
- How to ensure your athletes eat
healthily
Food provides the nutrients to help the body function properly. No single food contains them all in the amounts needed so a mixture of foods has to be eaten
- Being obsessed by food and body weight
can develop eating disorders
If you are an athlete aiming to optimise performance in your sport, you can obviously reap benefits from paying attention to what you eat. However, for some people this interest develops into an unhealthy obsession with food, calories and body weight.
- Seven Reasons why a low Carbohydrate
Diet is wrong
A look at the health problems you may experience with a low carbohydrate diet
- What Should Young Athletes Eat?
Some suggestions on appropriate nutrition for young athletes
- Exercise and low carbohydrate diets make
poor partners
A review of the problems you may experience when you mix exercise and a low carbohydrate diet in an attempt to lose fat without losing muscle
- Are you getting enough fluids?
The facts, fiction and some practical advice on fluid intake
- Calcium: No bones about it - part
1
An in-depth review of calcium supplementation and the potential effects on the body
- Amino acids - the building blocks of
protein
An overview of the role and function of amino acids and protein
- Calcium: No bones about it - part
2
A review of calcium and the potential benefits of calcium supplementation
- Water - the antidote to heat stroke and
hyperthermia
Why it is important to maintain the body's fluid level when exercising in both hot and cold climates
- Training and protein needs
Why protein is an essential ingredient of your fitness training programme
- How to recognise the early signs of
eating disorder
The risks and warning signals of disordered eating
- Drink your way to winning performances:
the seven secrets of hydration
If you wish to perform at a high level, you need to consume fluid. For each per cent of body weight lost due to dehydration, your performance slips by about 2%, and a meager 2% loss in weight can force your heart rate and body temperature to spiral upward, making strenuous exercise almost impossible to carry out
- What should I eat and what should I
avoid? - Decisions, Decisions!
An overview of the nutritional requirements for an athlete
Literature Reviews - Nutrition
- Nutritional supplements
- Mix those carbohydrates for a greater energy boost
- More on hydration effects
- Tips on refuelling
- Protein - show me the whey to recover quickly
- Living and performing off the fat
- Recovery without food
- Get fit to burn more fat
- Supplementary questions
- Drink and decay
- Nutrition meets ergogenic substances
- Food glorious food
- Staying on the right track
- What influences athletes to take supplements?
- Carbs might 'keep you going'!
- A supplementary question
- One way to be better?
- One way to be worse?
- A possible summary of benefits based on dietary supplementation
- A warning and a way forward
- Hydration and power performance
- Dehydration may not cramp your style
- Nutrition cornucopia
- Amino acids - vital to life and performance
- Carbs also make you 'feel' better in the long run
- Mineral supplementation - some things work, some don't
- Carbohydrate levels for recovery
- Achieving a correct fluid balance is not trivial
- Hydration - how much does it affect triathlon performance?
- Hydration - conclusions for tennis players
- Leave carbohydrates for endurance
- Vitamin C can reduce DOMS
- Chocolate milk aids recovery - just what we needed to hear!
- Protein and carbohydrates - it's all in the mix
- Being even smarter with diet
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