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29/08/2026

Most coaches in this study had never heard of RED-S.

Researchers surveyed 101 Russian athletics and short-track speed skating coaches. Of the 99 who answered the awareness question, only 39.4% had previously heard of RED-S.

Even awareness did not guarantee understanding. Among those familiar with the term, fewer than half rated their confidence as moderate to very high, while the average coach recognised fewer than half of the 12 potential consequences assessed.

Coaches are not responsible for diagnosing RED-S. However, knowing the warning signs and when to refer an athlete may support earlier intervention.

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26/08/2026

NEW RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨 This week’s latest sports nutrition studies have landed.

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This week we’re covering:

1️⃣ Daily nutrition, music engagement and psychological performance in competitive athletes

2️⃣ Carbohydrate, caffeine and menthol mouth rinses for exercise performance

3️⃣ Markers of low energy availability in athletes

4️⃣ L-carnosine and L-tyrosine supplementation in professional footballers

5️⃣ Sport physicians’ perceptions of GLP-1 drug use in sport

6️⃣ Training and nutrition considerations for female road cyclists

7️⃣ Dark chocolate for managing menstrual cycle-related symptoms in female athletes

Keeping up with current evidence helps sports nutrition professionals make more informed decisions and deliver a higher standard of practice.

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22/08/2026

The most honest thing a sports dietitian can say about fuelling climbers right now is “here’s my best guess.”

That’s not a knock on the practitioners. It’s a knock on the evidence they’ve been handed.

We went through what the research actually gives you to work with, and the gap between what it looks like it says and what it can actually support is bigger than most people assume.

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20/08/2026

NEW RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨 This week’s sports nutrition studies are here.

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This week we’re covering:

1️⃣ Carbohydrate versus fat feeding during repeated endurance exercise

2️⃣ Tapering and peaking strategies in weightlifting sports

3️⃣ Anthocyanin- and flavanol-rich supplements for recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage

4️⃣ Crosstalk between skeletal muscle mitochondria, methylation and neurotransmitters

5️⃣ Body shape index and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents

6️⃣ Nutrition label literacy, physical activity and adolescent mental well-being

7️⃣ Low energy availability symptoms and current injury status in climbers

Staying across emerging research helps professionals question current practice, refine their approach and provide better-informed support.

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14/08/2026

NEW RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨 This week’s latest sports nutrition studies have landed.

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This week we’re covering:

1️⃣ Phosphatidylserine, taurine and caffeine in professional footballers

2️⃣ Sulforaphane precursor supplementation, oxidative stress and muscle damage

3️⃣ Awareness of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport among coaches

4️⃣ Sports nutrition knowledge and body mass index in exercising students

5️⃣ Methods and systems of resistance training

6️⃣ Inspiratory and respiratory muscle training in team-sport athletes

Keeping up with current evidence helps professionals make more informed decisions and deliver a higher standard of practice.

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29/04/2026

NEW RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨 The latest sports nutrition research just hit the journals. Here’s what you need to know.

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This week we’re covering:

1️⃣ When Size Goes Inside: Visceromegaly in Bodybuilders Is Not Attributed to High Protein Intake but More Likely Associated with the Use of Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drugs

2️⃣ Subjective Sleep Quality Is Associated with Post-Exercise Appetite Loss in Female University Athletes

3️⃣ Energy Availability as a Neurocognitive Regulator of Endurance Performance

4️⃣ Prevalence and perceptions of performance-enhancing substances in esports

5️⃣ Concerns about the health effects of industrially produced seed oils are without scientific foundation

6️⃣ Athlete Hydration: Beyond Performance Toward Long-Term Health

7️⃣ Profiling the Athletes’ Gut Microbiome: A Critical Methodological Perspective on 16S Metabarcoding and Shotgun Metagenomics

This is how we protect the public and raise the standard of the profession. Stay current, stay evidence-based.

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27/04/2026

Just 3 weeks to go until the annual Sports Nutrition Association conference.

The full running order for 2026 is here. Swipe to see who’s presenting, when, and what they’re covering.

Day 1 is built around the science of great coaching. Cliff Harvey on when a healthy diet stops being healthy,
Eric Trexler on why “resistant to weight loss”
is almost never the real story, Laurin Conlin on coaching clients through the noise of mainstream gym culture. Eric Helms on moving beyond macro tracking into autoregulated nutrition.

Day 2 is a smaller, workshop-style day. No “scale or fail” energy. Just real business guidance from practitioners who’ve built sustainable careers. Paid ads that actually convert. Financial foundations most practitioners never learn. And a data-driven look at what success in private practice actually looks like.

Tickets are moving. If you’ve been sitting on it, now’s the time.

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25/04/2026

“You have to be in a deficit to lose fat.”

It’s one of the most repeated lines in nutrition coaching. And for most practical purposes, it holds. But the research is starting to add texture to that picture, and practitioners need to know what that means for their clients.

A new 2026 trial compared high-protein diets (2.5 g/kg/d) at maintenance versus a modest 250 kcal deficit in trained individuals over 10 weeks. Both groups gained roughly 1 kg of fat-free mass. Both lost body fat. The deficit group lost more, as expected, but the isocaloric group still showed meaningful changes without deliberately restricting intake.

That matters in practice. Not every client is ready for a deficit. Not every phase of training calls for one. Knowing when recomposition is a realistic alternative, and when it isn’t, requires the kind of evidence literacy that separates competent practitioners from those recycling dogma.

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This is not a permission slip to abandon energy balance. It’s a reminder that context determines the recommendation.

July 2026 applications are now open. Comment READY and we’ll send you the link to apply.

Please note: this is the last intake at current pricing.

22/04/2026

NEW RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨 New research just dropped. Swipe through the latest sports nutrition studies.

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This week we’re covering:

1️⃣ Development of the Vegan Protein Quality (VPQ) tool to derive smarter vegan meals with high protein quality

2️⃣ Targeting muscle–vasculature crosstalk in aging through the integrative roles of L-citrulline, leucine, and exercise

3️⃣ Omega-3 PUFAs in musculoskeletal health and sports medicine: from molecular pathways to precision nutrition strategies

4️⃣ Beetroot juice and vitamin C co-supplementation enhances anaerobic performance and reduces post-exercise glycemia in wrestlers

5️⃣ An online study of associations between physical activity, cognitive functioning and food choice

6️⃣ Nutritional pattern-based variations in body composition among combat sport athletes

7️⃣ Time of day influences caffeine’s effects on exercise-induced haemostatic responses in sedentary young men

Stay ahead of the curve and ensure your advice is always evidence-based! This is how we protect the public and empower professionals.

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18/04/2026

Is the lifter “anti-science”? 🏋️‍♂️🤔

In the world of evidence-based fitness, we often get caught in a melee over what is “optimal.” We post PMIDs showing that more volume or training to failure leads to more growth—but then we have to explain the guy who is absolutely jacked doing the exact opposite.

The truth? A “suboptimal” plan executed with 100% effort and perfect adherence will beat a “scientifically optimal” plan that leaves you under-recovered and miserable every single time.

Science tells us what happens on average, but your training happens in the real world.

Swipe through to see the 4 scenarios where anecdotes and evidence meet—and why your “non-optimal”progress might actually be perfectly scientific. ➡️

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