. There is one area of nutrition, though, where copying America might just be a good idea. Earlier this year the US Government updated its nutrition guidelines – the recommended daily amounts of staples such as sugars and fats. They based the new guidelines
consuming water," Almond said. "Sports drinks are mostly water, and they contain only small amounts of sodium."I asked if he was surprised that his results didn’t identify female gender as a risk factor for hyponatremia, as other studies have found. "I don
of whom have no regular exercise program. The hope was that the pyramid would help put the US governments dietary guidelines into common practice. Today, however, the Food Guide Pyramid is as outdated as the Four Food Groups. Numerous nutritional advances
accordingly," she says.Gender, age, body weight, experience of training, intensity of training, and individual metabolism all affect your nutrition requirements. A sports nutritionist can give you specific advice tailored to your needs.Before a training
on hydration in the UK, agrees with Valtin. You hear this advice from magazines, but where is it actually coming from? Not the Department of Health. Tim Lawson, director of Science In Sport, a sports nutrition company, believes that the eight glasses rule
