developing hyponatremia, Noakes and colleagues continued to publish more papers, and other researchers grew interested in the field. By the mid-1990s, a New Zealand physician, Dr Dale Speedy, was conducting detailed hyponatremia studies at the Ironman
2006 was a great one for chocolate fans. In January, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (of Washington DC in the US) published the most convincing study yet linking flavonol-rich cocoa to improved blood-vessel health. A month later
2006 was a great year for chocolate fans. In January, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (of Washington DC in the US) published the most convincing study yet linking flavonol-rich cocoa to improved blood-vessel health. A month later
' Health Study. That's not a lot, but it adds up, and the gain affects even those running more than 40 miles a week. The same runners also gained three-quarters of an inch around the waist every decade. I've always monitored my body weight and there are two
, and after your run. Bon appetit!Protein's first shoutThe runner’s perfect nutritional universe started to come apart in 1992 when a University of Texas exercise physiologist, John Ivy, first challenged King Carb. Ivy and colleagues published a study showing
sedentary living and running when you’re injured, which is why you shouldn’t do either.The strongest evidence that running won’t condemn you to a life of pain and arthritis comes from an ongoing study of the Fifty Plus Runners Association. The study
runners, walkers and cyclists each time I drive to work? If exercise-produced free radicals are so deadly, why do studies show that the more you exercise, the longer you'll live?As one of the world's leading experts on exercise and immunology, David Nieman
the final miles of a marathon, you should be able to run faster.This extract is from The Runner's World Complete Book of Running by RW USA Editor Amby Burfoot.
Zealand study showed that well-trained runners who prehydrated with a heavily salted drink were able to exercise for 20 per cent longer in 32.2oC weather than when they prehydrated with a minimally salty beverage. Not all glycerol studies have shown
papers, I found few answers. The studies had conflicting results, making it difficult to draw conclusions. I learned, for example, that injuries can be caused by being female, being male, being old, being young, pronating too much, pronating too little
