This week, read about sports science infographics, how to evaluate scientific evidence, processed foods that are healthy, treadmill running, age 60+ ultra athletes, and more. Sports Science Infographics Summarizing complex studies can be a challenge. Exercise physiologist Yann Le Meur is helping make sports science research understandable for all, using graphics and simplified text to illustrate recent […]
Category Archives: Nutrition
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about how to fuel for a faster marathon, more reasons to eat Mediterranean style, the health benefits of oats, Halloween candy to fuel training, and more. Want to Run a Fast Marathon? Make Sure You Fuel it Right with Carbs! Many athletes don’t consume enough carbohydrates in training and racing, despite a significant body of […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about what’s lurking in your receipts, how to create effective practices, looking beyond beets for nitrates, and more. Receipts and Greasy Fingers, Is it a Problem? Thermal receipt paper from supermarkets, ATM machines, gas stations, and other settings is a source of BPA exposure. BPA is a hormone disruptor that might have adverse health effects. New research […]
IN SEASON: Apples
Sweet, crisp, versatile, and robust are attributes that make apples a favorite fruit. The nutritional benefits of apples have been touted since medieval times, and the old English saying “Ate an apfel avore gwain to bed Makes the doctor beg his bread” is still popular, but better known as “An apple a day keeps the doctor […]