Unfortunately, minor injuries are par for the course in sport and exercise. In my experience, the most common cause of sports-related injuries are running, football (soccer to our American friends) and poor lifting technique, as opposed to “high-risk” activities such as CrossFit or combat sports. Over half of all sports-related injuries are severe enough that […]
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Following protein digestion, the constituent amino acids pass through the intestinal wall to be transported to the liver (via the Hepatic portal vein). Amino acids not used by the liver then enter the bloodstream, ultimately to be utilised by muscle and other target tissue. Muscle proteins are continually “turning over”. In other words, they are
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Type 2 diabetes: Focusing on fat loss not carbohydrates per se This article aims to give you the knowledge behind the cause of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and possibly change the way you think about treatment. I’m sure the first thing you think of when I ask you to visualise a diet for a type
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THE COMPOSITION OF THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOTA Written by ACA Contributor Andrew Chappell BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, RNutr Sport As previously stated the complexity and number of bacteria that inhabit the GIT increases with progression down the GIT from the small intestine to the large intestine (Figure 12). The continual supply of nutrients delivered to
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Written by ACA Contributor Andrew Chappell BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, RNutr Sport Prior to reading, this section it is worth stating that I would not expect the average reader to be able to memorise all the individual bacteria named or the interplay between them. I have included them to help the reader appreciate the complexity
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Written by ACA Contributor Andrew Chappell BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, RNutr Sport Foreword Before writing these articles, I asked the ACA community if there were any particular subjects related to the gut microbiota they would like me to address. A diverse range of topics from chemotherapy to stress was mooted. It quickly became apparent the
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KEY LEARNING POINTS Understand how creatine impacts the effectiveness of resistance training. Understand the value of creatine timing Understand the benefits of pre and post-exercise creatine ingestion. Understand how protein impacts creatine effectiveness. Be able to ascertain if there are any adverse effects to creatine ingestion. Creatine is a nitrogen-containing compound consumed in the diet
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