Carbohydrate intake during exercise can enhance endurance exercise performance. but should it be frequent sips or less regular larger amount

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...

I have been helping athletes to create nutrition plans for their races for a long time. For 25 years, I have worked with, listened to and...

Athletes use, drinks, gels, bars, fruits and other forms of carbohydrate. But what is the best way to take carbohydrate?

Water and sports drink are thought off as drinks with great hydration properties whereas caffeine containing beverages such as tea, coffee a

The ketone bodies beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate are produced in the body as a byproduct of fat metabolism. Essentially ketone...

It is great to see the much needed new and revised position statement by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada,...

Now we have come to the blog that puts it all together and talks about the recommendations for carbohydrate intake during exercise. First...

A cyclosportive can be daunting: the distance, riding in groups, the climbs, the descends, perhaps the weather: it could be very hot, or...

For a half distance triathlon (70.3) or other 4 to 7 hour event, nutrition can be an incredibly important factor. In shorter distance...

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...

Carbohydrate intake recommendations during exercise are expressed in grams per hour and depend on the duration of the activity. They are...