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Today, we cover proposed nutrients/supplements to improve immune resistance. Immune resistance can be considered as our immune weaponry that protects us by destroying viruses, pathogens and microbes. Next week, we’ll cover the proposed nutrients/supplements to improve immune tolerance, i.e. our ability to endure and control infection. In a recent review, Neil Walsh (2019) identified 7

As you would have guessed, this week is entirely focussed on immune function. Before heading any further, I need to state that there’s no known food, strategy, dieting type or supplement that can fight COVID-19….so if you see anyone stating that there is, they are full of B.S. At the time of writing this, we

Today, we have a fresh off the press study looking into ‘Intermittent Energy Restriction (IER)’ and its ability to shred body fat, preserve muscle mass and resting metabolic rate (RMR) for more effective and efficient body transformations. Before heading any further, IER is essentially a form of calorie or carb cycling. You may have heard

Last week, we found that BCAA supplements don’t really offer too much value when it comes to recovering from exercise. This week, we look at the effect of an essential amino acid (EAA) + carbohydrate drink on muscle adaptations to exercise (muscle growth)…i.e. not recovery. It’s generally recommended that when you eat enough protein in

Today, we take another look at branch chain amino acid (BCAA) supplements and their ability to improve muscle recovery from training. Long story short, the title in the image gives quite a lot away. Short story long… It’s been well establish that a high(er) protein intake initiates muscle repair, remodelling and growth after weight training.

Today, we’re going beyond the muscle and deep diving our way into creatine supplementation and the brain. More specifically, how creatine supplementation could be beneficial for cognitive processing and traumatic brain injury. It’s very well established that athletes supplement with creatine to get a whole host of performance based benefits. However, an often overlooked area

Today’s post is entirely aimed to make you aware of the differences between males and females when it comes to nutrition programming. When it comes to the female athlete, there’s a pretty large list of factors that a nutrition coach needs to be aware of when it planning their nutrition. In quick fire fashion, here

Today, we look at one of the most powerful performance boosters… The Placebo effect. – Defined as someone having a positive outcome resulting from the belief that a beneficial treatment has been received, despite the treatment being inert. i.e. does fuck all. For example, if someone you trust tells you something is going to work,

You know the saying that ‘all healthy stuff tastes like shit’…well, today is no exception to that pattern of thinking. However, today’s food product in question tastes much sweeter than the bitter taste of exercise induced cramps. As previously discussed, cramps are associated with neuromuscular fatigue of the exercising muscle, and not necessarily due to

Today, we’re looking into the science of ultra-fast recovery post games…I want you to start thinking of your recovery phase as the start of your fuelling phase for the next session or game – they’re always interlinked. When it comes to our main priority, we’re talking about carbohydrates and glycogen replenishment. Unlike protein, the period

Today, we look into a potential reason as to why some people lose weight and drop body fat much easier than others… For example, if two people living identical lifestyles were to reduce their calorie intake by 500kcal per day, why would one potentially lose more weight that the other? It’s very evident that our

Today, we’re rolling back the clocks to 1892 to look at one of the first studies that kicked off the performance nutrition world… The study was entitled ‘The value of sugar and the effect of smoking on muscular work’. From this title alone, we can get an idea of where this is going…and 128 years

As it’s January, we can’t really talk about anything other than new years resolutions. Or more specifically, what science suggests being beneficial when it comes to making sure you don’t fail this year!You, like many others will write down some big kick-ass goals to achieve, but then fail to follow through with once the newly

Today we cover a very timely topic when it comes to making gains over Xmas. More specifically, making gains when you’re on the drink… I.e. how many cervezas can you ingest before it starts to become detrimental to size #SizeIsThePrize In a 2014 study by Parr et al, 8 active males completed three testing days. On

As getting ‘shift faced’ is still a primary goal of many during the Xmas period, I thought it’d be fun continue the theme of alcohol consumption on daily life and performances… This time, we explore ‘the hangover’. As we all know, the hangover is a self inflicted misery to life that commences once blood alcohol