glasses of water a day, concluded Valtin,. The published data strongly suggest that we probably are drinking enough, and possibly even more than enough.Ron Maughan, Visiting External Professor of Loughborough University and the foremost researcher
special supplement on cocoa flavonols, with 17 articles about chocolate’s health benefits, ranging from lower blood pressure to increased brain blood flow and better skin health (honest!).In November, independent researchers at Johns Hopkins University
There’s no hotter issue in sports nutrition right now than the carbs versus carbs-plus-protein controversy. The battle pits scientist against scientist, small companies against behemoths, and new research against long-held beliefs. At one crucial
, as if the three were intimately connected.In case you've missed the argument, it goes like this. Free radicals are molecules containing oxygen atoms that attack and damage cells in our bodies, and we produce more of these "bad guys" when we exercise. Research has
Even though I’ve been reading up on hyponatremia for almost 20 years, I was surprised last April by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Five days before the Boston Marathon, it published research showing 13 per cent of the 2002 field might
much, too soon, too fast. Every research paper and every expert agrees that this is the number one cause of self-inflicted running injuries. The body needs time to adapt from training changes and jumps in mileage or intensity. Muscles and joints need
. In one, Armstrong put oxygen into his legs at the astonishing rate of 83 millilitres per kilogram per minute.This figure wouldn't mean much if it weren't for the pioneering research of the famed running coach Dr Jack Daniels, who first published his
was launched in 1984 when all the runners were at least 50, and it has been updated every five years or so. Many of the runners are now in their 60s, 70s, and beyond.The newest update was published last September in Arthritis Research & Therapy, under the title
, a number of researchers have begun to apply the results of certain studies to the training of runners and other endurance athletes. Most of this work has been done piecemeal in far-flung locations around the globe. Yet the scientists and coaches
