A New Zealand study in the British Journal of Sport Medicine (Wall et al., 2013) casts doubt on the whole idea that dehydration impairs sports performance in the heat. Ten Kiwi competitive cyclists volunteered to undergo deliberate dehydration to -3% by performing two hours of submaximal exercise (walking and cycling) in the heat (33C). They… Read More
Running Injuries & Illness 07
Running Illness Hyponatraemia and Fluid Replacement Individuals who attempt long distance events such as marathons will recognise the need to maintain adequate hydration. Over-hydration can, however, lead to severe illness in the form of exercise-associated hyponatraemia (EAH), which is defined as serum sodium of less than 135 mmol/l during or up to 24 hours after… Read More
Nutrition & the Military
A new sub-section of the blog ‘Nutrition and the Military’ can be found under the main heading page of ‘Anatomy and Physiology’. This article looks at: The MOD Defintion of nutrition; How Nutrition is framed regarding physical fitness; The History of Military Nutrition; Contemporary Military Nutrition; Nutrition on Operational Deployment; Water and the Human Body;… Read More
Fluid Overload: Industry versus Academia
Research Paper Title Case Proven: Exercise Associated Hyponatraemia is Due to Overdrinking. So Why Did it Take 20 Years Before the Original Evidence was Accepted? Conclusions “History is replete with examples of correct ideas that were not accepted until subsequent generations confirmed their validity. Usually there is a logical reason for this delayed acceptance; often… Read More
Promotion: The Beautiful Nutritional Game
Research Paper Title Food, Fizzy, and Football: Promoting Unhealthy Food and Beverages through Sport – A New Zealand Case Study. Background High participation rates in sport and increasing recognition of how diet benefits athletic performance suggest sports settings may be ideal locations for promoting healthy eating. While research has demonstrated the effect of tobacco and… Read More
Private, I Know This Is A Battlefield. Now Go Get Me More Ice!
Research Paper Title Crushed Ice Ingestion – A Practical Strategy for Lowering Core Body Temperature. Abstract Exercise together with environmentally induced heat stroke continue to pose a problem for military operations in hot climates. A variety of cooling strategies are required by the military to mitigate the risk of heat stroke due to the variety… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 