diet
Looking for a healthy diet to boost your performance? Sports nutrition is of utmost importance for athletes and these articles will help you build a diet plan to personalised necessities like how to increase metabolism or reduce muscle cramps. You’ll also find information on general diet topics like eating disorders… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.
Sports nutrition: practical advice on carbohydrates, hydration and antioxidants
How 10 years of sports nutritional research can be utilised in your training programme
Sports nutrition: is dietary nitrate the key to enhanced endurance performance?
Dietary nitrate can aid mental and physical performance for athletes.
Sports nutrition: how the right diet and training can boost an athlete's immunity
The importance of immunity for athletes and how best to achieve it
Sports nutrition: a bean salad recipe suitable for all athletes
This bean salad recipe packs a delicious nutritional punch
Energy drinks: can repeated usage of sports drinks damage performance?
Could the routine use of sports drinks hinder the process of training adaptation?
Weight loss: can you lose weight effectively on a protein diet?
Protein and weight control
Hydration – fluid intake advice and tips
New research suggests that optimum hydration is not just about ‘drinking plenty’ and hoping for the best. It actually requires a good deal more thought.
Sports Nutrition: Dietary Basics
Optimum nutrition for athletes - what can we learn from recent studies
Dietary Performance Enhancement
Burning More Fat to Increase Periodization
glycaemic index
The glycaemic index: how athletes can make it work for them
antioxidant diets
Antioxidant Diets: Low antioxidant diets may hamper fuel delivery
disordered eating
Disordered eating is rare in Chinese athletes
strength training diet
Strength Training Diet : Hormones and strength - why low-fat, high-protein diets might not be best after all
sports drinks & teeth
Sports drinks and teeth
thermogenesis
Thermogenesis: It's not just what you eat...
Sports nutrition: a training strategy for protein consumption
There is more to protein intake than simply eating the right amount
testosterone | diet
Testosterone and diet
sport nutrition
Sport nutrition - How athletes can benefit from world consensus on sport nutrition
exercise stress
Exercise stress: Strategies to boost your natural immunity and keep infection and the effects of exercise stress at bay
wrestlers weight
Rapid weight loss in young wrestlers
omega-3 omega-6 | essential fats
Omega-3 and omega-6: Essential fats are the answer to most athletes' prayers, helping your body to conserve carbohydrate while shedding fat
Sports Nutrition: Glycogen levels need to be replenished post exercise
Glycogen synthesis: your post-exercise plan
Zone Diet: you can't live off just carbohydrate, protein and fat
Zone Diet Is a No-No
Sports Nutrition: the rise of anorexia and other eating disorders
Anorexia Nervosa - Elite Runners are at high risk of eating disorders
Sports Nutrition: increasing fat intake can improve endurance levels
High-fat Gains for Ultra-endurance Performance
Macronutrients - carbohydrates should be the fuel of choice for serious athletes
As competition day looms athletes should aim for a high-carbohydrate intake
Weight Loss: high carbohydrate diets
Do high carbohydrate diets encourage weight loss?
Zone Diet: cut back on carbs and you risk reducing your performance level
Have carbs had their day?
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