Is it possible to ingest 120 grams of carbohydrate every hour? Mountain marathon runners tested it!

Resynthesis of liver and muscle glycogen respond differently to different types of carbohydrate. This may have implications for performance.

The corona virus has changed the way many people exercise. Many cyclists and runners have resorted to Zwift for their training. Zwift...

I remember that many years ago a review paper was published with the title: Is the gut an athletic organ? It hinted to the fact that...

Soon the 3rd Edition of the textbook Sport Nutrition by Professor Mike Gleeson and myself will hit the shelves. For the last 18 months we...

Carbohydrate during exercise can improve endurance performance. One important question is “how much carbohydrate do you need?” and “is...

Since the 1980s it has been known that carbohydrate intake during exercise can improve exercise performance lasting two hours or longer....

In a previous blog Not all carbs are equal we saw that some carbohydrates are used more rapidly than others, but no carbohydrates are...

There is no question that carbohydrate is the main fuel for a marathon. There is also no question about the fact that body carbohydrate...