The International Society of Sports Nutrition recently published a new position stand on the safety and efficacy of creatine supplementation and I thought it would be useful to summarise the main points specifically in relation to athletic performance. 

Last Saturday, I attended the Integrative Healthcare and Applied Nutrition (IHCAN) Conference in London where the theme was Functional Sports Nutrition. It was a full day of learning with some of the best experts in the field.

Research in conventional sports nutrition has started to look at the effect of low-carbohydrate availability as a way to promote training adaptations relating to increased mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative metabolism.

Iron is a vital micronutrient, especially for elite and recreational athletes, as most of it binds to haemoglobin and is essential for the transport and storage of oxygen.

Returning home after hosting the IHCAN Functional Sports Nutrition conference in London recently, I must say that I was incredibly inspired with regard to where we are currently moving within the context of working with athletes and active individuals.

Integrative (or functional) sports nutrition is a field of study that I’ve been trying to develop for the past decade. It started in 2007, when as a nutritional therapy practitioner and lecturer, I was asked to put together a course in sports nutrition for the Centre for Nutrition Education in the UK.