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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 […]

Research on the science of sports performance shows that even a naturally talented athlete, who has carefully followed a well-structured and well-designed training plan, will seriously under perform if they have the wrong nutritional strategy. However, what, when and how we eat doesn’t only affects power, strength and endurance, it also impacts working memory, problem solving, […]

I know that this post is not strictly speaking anything to do with food or exercise but it is about performance and until reading the research earlier this year, I had no idea that font type could help improve learning, comprehension and revision. Even though my family is riddled with dyslexia, I had also not been aware that […]

With exam season approaching, is it best to scale back your sport commitments and training or to put your sport first and fit your revision in around your training ? I first came across the idea that exercise improves academic performance when I was recommended the book ‘Spark’ written by Dr John Ratey, a professor […]