Clare Wood - Sports Dietitian

09/09/2020

Latest article on Topend Sports - Tips to prepare nutritionally to perform at your peak during fitness testing https://www.topendsports.com/testing/test-preparation-nutrition.htm

04/04/2017

For any vegetarian or vegan athletes...

I grew up in Holland, a country where children drink a lot of milk. The milk came from a cow and other types of milk were rare. Nowadays there are many differen...

19/07/2016

Can 'spices' in a sports drink be the next cure for cramps? More research please!

Lots of elite athletes take performance-enhancing supplements--but precious few actually work.

06/04/2016

Let's try and share the lifeboat, since both ships have some problems! Great article about balance. http://sportsscientists.com/2016/04/low-carbohydrate-diets-plea-balance-scientific-rigour-death-dogma/

After five years of watching bad science, defensiveness from both sides, and extremist advocacy rather than balance, I've written an article which is an appeal for nuance on the issue of low carbohydrate diets. The article first appeared in the SA papers, and this is the longer, unedited version.

21/03/2016

After the recent advice to eat the seed... Think again!

Just the internet says to, that doesn’t mean you should.

04/03/2016

A short clip about sports supplements for swimming, but is transferrable to most other sporting environments. https://youtu.be/fHG44QZwfnM

04/03/2016

http://www.thinkingnutrition.com.au/dark-chocolate-next-hot-sports-supplement/

In the search for performance improvements in exercise, researchers are now casting their eye over the growing benefits of dark chocolate on health to see if it can translate into improved athletic performance as well. There has been much scientific (and...

15/02/2016

A very good infographic about sports supplements related to strength of research.

Sports supplements for endurance, health and strength graded according to evidence for a benefit. This is one quality infographic summarising a just published paper http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584916000307

01/12/2015

Some more data looking at the benefits of mixing up sugar types for endurance exercise.

Reserachers say cyclists find exercise easier when they drink ordinary sucrose – or table sugar – rather than only glucose

14/09/2015

This is such a simple study, with effective results! Plus its an easy lifestyle pattern to implement.

Drinking about 16 ounces of water 30 minutes before meals can help with weight loss for obese adults, new research suggests.

01/09/2015

A great article about the details of what top level footballers eat.

James Collins, head nutritionist at Arsenal and lead nutritionist for England at the last World Cup, tells Mark Bailey about the food that fuels Premier League footballers, from pre-match quinoa porridge to post-match sashimi

24/08/2015

It is all the rage atm...low carb eating for sport! I think I'll wait for the research to back up the claims, not just testimonials!

Several Jets and Giants are practicing a food regimen called the “ketogenic diet,” in which they force their bodies to burn fat, rather than carbohydrates, as fuel. They say it works wonders, but dieticians disagree on the benefits.