Improved endurance capacity following chocolate milk consumption compared with 2 commercially available sport drinks.

Thomas K, Morris P, Stevenson E.
School of Psychology and Sports Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. kevin2.thomas@northumbria.ac.uk
This study examined the effects of 3 recovery drinks on endurance performance following glycogen-depleting exercise.
Nine trained male cyclists performed 3 experimental trials, in a [...]

 From Web MD:
Recipe for Diabetes: Too Much Protein, Fat
Protein Worsens Insulin Resistance From High-Fat Diet
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
April 7, 2009 — Too much “good” protein makes bad fats worse, new research suggests.
A high-fat diet may lead to insulin resistance, a major step on the path to type 2 [...]

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Americans Low on Vitamin D
Study Shows Rise in Number of Americans With Low Vitamin D Levels
By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
March 25, 2009 — Low vitamin D levels among adults are fast becoming a growing epidemic and could spell trouble for the future health of the nation, according to [...]

From: NYTtoday
March 26, 2009
Personal Best
It’s Time to Make a Coffee Run
 
By GINA KOLATA
 

WELDON JOHNSON first tried caffeine as a performance enhancer in 1998. He was not a coffee drinker but had heard that caffeine could make him run faster. So he went to a convenience store before a race and drank a cup of coffee.
For [...]

Does physical exercise modify antioxidant requirements?
Margaritis I, Rousseau AS.
French Food Safety Agency, Department for Evaluation of Nutritional and Health Risk, Maisons-Alfort, France.
Physical training is known to induce a biochemical adaptive response which might require an increase in the ingestion and/or the absorption of micronutrients. A question that is still being raised is whether acute or [...]