Thursday, August 06, 2009

Sports Nutrition Tidbits

This is a compilation of several interesting tidbits, including the growing interest in coffee.

It's Time to Make a Coffee Run (NY Times).
Delves into coffee research and personal accounts about its benefits for performance.

Drinking coffee before high-intensity exercise can reduce muscle pain, according to a study from International journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Participants took a caffeine pill (the equivalent to 2 1/2 - 3 cups of coffee) one hour before 30 minutes of intense cycling and on another occasion took a placebo. The men's perception of pain was lower on days when they took the caffeine pill.

Eating Fuel to Exercise (NY Times).
Interesting interview with a sports nutritionist in which most of her comments right on.

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