A crucial aspect which is often overlooked when it comes to boosting performance and recovery, is sleep. Sleep is the time when your body repairs and regenerates itself. Apart from this, sleep plays a significant role in memory consolidation, decision-making, and reaction times, all of which are essential for athletes looking to outperform their competitors. According …
Beneath the glorious surface of excellence in sports, lies the silent struggle. Along with this, includes body image, societal pressures and muscularity which gives rise to eating disorders. Eating disorders are very common in sports like gymnastics, running, diving and wrestling, where weight has a significant effect on performance. The prevalence of eating disorders is …
Probiotics Probiotics are live strains of bacteria that can support a healthy gut microbiome by increasing the species and diversity of microorganisms. Sources include fermented foods such as curd, buttermilk, kefir, pickles. However, not all fermented foods would have probiotics because with cooking methods like heat, how it’s stored and other environmental factors, the number …
What is creatine? Creatine is a naturally occouring substance, present primarily in our muscles. It gets stored as creatine phosphate, a molecule that helps provide energy, especially during high intensity and short duration activity where ATP is quickly depleted. Creatine monohydrate is perhaps the most studied ergogenic aid for athletes – the overall consensus supports …
The gut refers to our digestive or gastrointestinal tract which includes the intestines, stomach, food pipe and more, forming the entire human digestive system. This is a 9m long tract with over 70% of our immune cells! The gut microbiome The gut has a world of microorganisms and bacteria, in what is known as the …
