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1Coffee Shop Nutrition : How to Fuel and Recover in UK’s Cafes

Coffee Shop Nutrition : How to Fuel and Recover in UK’s Cafes

May 5, 2018

A recent study done by the London School of Economics found that the biggest factor that improved overall life-satisfaction was in individuals who regularly trained and played as part of a team [1]. Meeting friends and participating in activities, with all the banter and laughter that goes with it is also known to increase happiness […]

2Sunshine and Beetroot. Performance and health benefits of nitric oxide.

Sunshine and Beetroot. Performance and health benefits of nitric oxide.

Mar 15, 2016

In 1998 the Nobel Prize for medicine was given to three American pharmacologists for their discovery, that inside the body the  gas nitric oxide (NO) is an important mediator of a wide variety of vital bodily functions. At the time this was an amazing discovery and their initial work, done in the 1980s resulted in a […]

3An ugly font, an awkward stranger and a random move. How mess may help you achieve amazing things.

An ugly font, an awkward stranger and a random move. How mess may help you achieve amazing things.

Jan 12, 2016

I have read many articles, books and scientific papers that promote the value of assimilating marginal gains, the process of making a change, testing that change and then improving on it, slowing increasing performance. This type of process has been credited with the breakaway performance of UK Cycling over the last decade and is now used […]

4Book Review – Caffeine for Sports Performance by Louise Burke, Ben Desbrow and Lawrence Spriet

Book Review – Caffeine for Sports Performance by Louise Burke, Ben Desbrow and Lawrence Spriet

Dec 9, 2015

Caffeine for Sports Performance by Louise Burke, Ben Desbrow and Lawrence Spriet Caffeine for Sports Performance was first published in 2013 and even two years later is the most complete text on the effects of caffeine, offering a good review of all the research that was available at the time. Despite being effectively an extended […]

5Blackberry Jam. Full of goodness or a ‘devil’s food’?

Blackberry Jam. Full of goodness or a ‘devil’s food’?

Oct 14, 2015

Five years ago I turned up at a nutrition conference with hands died purple from blackberry picking. When asked what I had been doing, I innocently said making jam, not realising the commotion this would cause. For many people jam = refined sugar and anything with a large proportion of refined sugar is seen as BAD. But I […]

6Book Review – Gut : The Inside Story of Our body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders

Book Review – Gut : The Inside Story of Our body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders

Jul 13, 2015

If you read my piece ‘Importance of your gut for performance – What GCSE and A-Level Biology doesn’t tell you‘ and wanted to know more, Giulia Enders book is almost certainly the best place to start. Giulia Enders is a doctoral student in Germany studying microbiology. She first came to prominence when a 10minute presentation she […]

7Parents – their role in elite sport.

Parents – their role in elite sport.

May 12, 2015

Dr Camilla Knight from Swansea University studies parents and their role in youth sport and this week I spent an afternoon listening to her talking about her research. Parents of elite child athletes are generally represented in the media as pushy and competitive but Dr Knights research suggests that actually, the majority of parents “get […]

8Ten Food Tips for Exam Performance.

Ten Food Tips for Exam Performance.

Apr 12, 2015

Can food and drink affect your exam results? Research shows that eating the right foods can benefit mood and motivation, improve focus, lower anxiety and strengthen memory formation. The wrong choices can make you feel sluggish or jittery making learning and recall more difficult. Powering Performance EATING ADVICE FOR EXAM PERFORMANCE 1. EAT –   Your brain […]

9Book Review : Achieve the Impossible – Professor Greg Whyte

Book Review : Achieve the Impossible – Professor Greg Whyte

Mar 24, 2015

Professor Greg Whyte is a former olympian and sports scientist, who has been the main motivator behind Comic Relief and Sport Reliefs momentous sporting challenges. Described as a “motivational god” by Comic Reliefs CEO Kevin Cahill and “the best mentor ever” by Davina McCall, Greg Whyte’s new book ‘Achieve the Impossible’ published March 2015, encourages us […]

10Off to university?… You should probably know about nootropics.

Off to university?… You should probably know about nootropics.

Feb 26, 2015

What are Nootropics Nootropics are smart drugs, supplements or foods that are taken to enhance memory, cognition or intelligence, increase concentration, attention or motivation and to relieve anxiety or stress, with the aim of improving academic performance and results. Although at the simplest level they include herbs, spices, phytochemicals like caffeine and energy drinks, the drugs that being […]

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