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Many people on TikTok are touting chocolate milk as a post-workout recovery drink. It turns out there is some evidence it offers benefits comparable to sports drinks.
Remove the alcohol and calories, and it turns out beer is a drink that has many qualities found in health drinks.
The two hour marathon is getting closer to being broken. How can nutrition help optimise performance?
There’s not enough evidence that sports drinks are any better at hydrating you than water.
Does a post-workout pint undo all the health benefits?
Rinsing your mouth with a sports drink and then spitting it out can improve performance.
Most of us know sugar is bad for teeth because it feeds bacteria that cause tooth decay. But fewer of us are aware that equally damaging is repeated exposure to acids in food and drinks.
A proposal to allow sports drinks manufacturers to feature health claims has led to something of a spat between the drinks industry and a health lobby group. The heart of the matter is whether “sport drinks…
Sporting bodies shouldn’t unconditionally accept sponsorship from nutritional supplements and sports drinks companies because a link with sports lends undue credibility to these unproven products. In an…
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