Tag: gut
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A new take on training the gut: Train with more carbs than you plan to use during the race…
Do you need a higher (> 60 g/h) carb (CHO) intake rate? Will it result in better performance?
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Nutrition Considerations for Ultra Endurance Sport, Pt 1: Carbohydrate
Ultra-endurance events such as 100 mile runs and multi-day bike packing trips pose a variety of unique nutrition-related challenges. In this upcoming series of posts we will aim to uncover some of the evidence-based recommendations and recent research findings to help guide your approach to ultra nutrition.
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Sports Drinks and Osmolality
With so many different commercially available sports drinks on the market, it can be confusing when trying to navigate labels with various electrolytes, carbohydrate blends, and additional supplements.
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Does a gluten free (GF) diet provide performance benefits?
While there is no evidence that currently suggests a GF diet will benefit performance in non-Celiac athletes, athletes may perceive benefits of reducing gluten or experience improvement in GI symptoms by intentional or unintentional reduction in FODMAPs.
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Can swishing a carbohydrate sports drink benefit performance?
A carbohydrate mouth-rinse may help reduce perceived fatigue and provide a performance advantage for athletes during events lasting < 75 min. Carb rinsing may also benefit athletes who have GI issues, for example at certain points during and in the later stages of an ultraendurance event. How does carbohydrate work without ingesting it? The presence…
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The importance of “training the gut” and how to do it
A few of our recent posts have highlighted the benefit of ingesting up to 90 grams of carbs per hour during endurance training and competition lasting > 2.5 h. If you have a hard time taking in that amount of hourly carbohydrate intake, you aren’t alone! The most common reasons for not reaching the recommendations…
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