Medical Sports Nutrition

Send us a text What is the state of play with Circadian medicine and is the science good enough to translate to our day to day work. We review a lovely summary article and look at how some supplements may impact the circadian cycles. We ask if Sarcopaenia should be labelled a disease, or just a reason to ratchet up the protein recommendations in older athletes.  And a Low Carb paper gently reassur...

Send us a text This week's pick of the articles are focussed on REDS and sleep. How are dieticians managing REDS on the ground - is everyone following the new guidelines or still managing as a female athlete triad but calling it REDS? Do athletes bodies and minds ever fully recover from chronic REDS - a questionnaire study of lightweight rowers suggests not. Also, how food intake cant be seen...

Send us a text Looking at the questions that some articles have asked over the last 2 weeks. Is algae the next big thing for athletes? Why do vaccines work better in High income countries and what does this mean for my athletes? Why does vitamin D not work in Australians? What is the virome, and do I need to care. Why will probiotic companies be selling bacteriophages next year? This podcast is a...

Send us a text Firstly a look at the impact of paracetamol on training. Then some advice for anyone that struggles with weight and sleeps less than 6.5hrs a night. We then wade through a confusing/confused article looking at high vs low carb training on inflammation and finish on a favourite article looking at how never quitting your diet attempts keeps you living longer. This podcast is a lighthe...

Send us a text A look through some articles. Some helpful - more proof that low carbohydrate diets are not bad for your renal function. Others less helpful - interesting studies that leave us disappointed, wishing for bigger and better - menstrual cycle impact on treadmill times and religious fasting impacting on health. This podcast is a lighthearted review of the medical literature and Dr Mathes...

Send us a text What impact do our choices today have on our athletes in the future. Can genetic testing provide us the answers. We look at some papers on dementia risk and a popular test for future risk. How should we advise patients who have already undergone genetic testing? Also a paper finally provides definitions for our athlete types - not everyone can be elite... This podcast is a lighthear...

Send us a text Firstly a look at a sleep low, train low article that has a program that actually looks achievable. We then dive into the murky waters of exercise immunology. Using a recent(ish) debate paper we have a think through the impact of exercise on the immune system; trying not to fall for the usual dangers of assuming all training is the same, and all athletes respond equally.  We finish...

Send us a text This episode we will be looking at how a Military team adjusted from their traditional views to a higher fat diet for cold weather work,  why vitamin D levels cause palpitations and panic attacks in Biochemists, and how new guidelines justify extra slices of cake in time for Xmas. We also look at the  effect of a gut polypeptide (BPC 157) that may cure all MSK injuries, or possibly...

Send us a text All the supplements we give out to our athletes are full of sweeteners. Which then trash our athletes microbiota (along with their small vessels in their brains). We then run around trying to find probiotics to reduce the inflammation in the athlete's guts. We look at some articles that sit at different points in this conundrum; a interesting step forward using metabolomics, a r...

Send us a text A review of some of the recent articles on the mortality benefits of different omega 3s.  A meander through the confused and confusing history of fish oils. How do these articles impact our advice to athletes. As ever, knocking our head against the oversimplified door of labelling anything proinflammatory or antiinflammatory, rather than a more indepth look at the actions on the bod...

Send us a text We look at how a good idea on head injury protection turns into poor publication after falling into a surrogate endpoint trap, how a football keto diet study does not tell us if the players were better or worse at football, and remind ourselves that our patients/clients all secretly smoke and drink when we are not looking.  This podcast is a lighthearted review of the medical litera...

Send us a text Are we making it harder for our female athletes than it needs to be. Firstly a look at the contraceptive  choices in female soccer players and how the data shows we do not do a good enough job educating on the impact of contraceptive options and performance. Then a deeper dive into Testosterone replacement in the menopause. It will improve health, mood, sarcopaenia but is not common...

Send us a text In this episode I discuss why it is so difficult to give our patients certainties when they ask about probiotics. We take a brief tour through the history of microbiome research and how the journey so far explains why there are still so many unanswered questions.  We look at two recent studies looking at the impact of 'good' bacteria; and use a couple of review papers to ima...

Send us a text A review of the Sports Nutrition literature with Dr Andy Matheson. A peek at some papers looking at the FODMAP foods in common sport supplements and the impact of meat on our health; followed with a loving gaze at the DIRECT study and some thoughts on the implications for older athletes and ex-athletes. This podcast is a lighthearted review of the medical literature and Dr Matheson...

Send us a text Our first podcast covering papers from the sports nutrition literature. This episode includes glycogen utilisation in women, beetroot juice as an aid to beat those early starting events and why a diagnosis of overtraining syndrome may mean your doctor does not know exactly what is wrong with you. With Dr Andy Matheson. Article details are on the facebook page: This podcast is a ligh...