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Next Member Workshop - Micronutrient Sufficiency: The Underappreciated Key to Health?
In this session, Dr Cliff Harvey will explore micronutrient sufficiency. Is this the under-appreciated key to health and performance? A short lecture (~20min) and discussion will be followed by open discussion and Q&A on any topic.
Member Monthly Workshop Tuesday, 2 May · 6:00 – 7:00pm
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Should You Drink Coffee First Thing in the Morning?
Should you drink coffee first thing in the morning? Many people claim that having coffee first thing upon rising, especially on an empty stomach, leads to drastic increases in cortisol, distorted energy levels and a range of longer term health effects.
But do these claims stack up?
The Low-Down on Hydration and Health
Water is an essential component of our body and diet. Adequate hydration status helps to regulate your body temperature, lubricate your joints, and assist in digestion, and kidney functions among other important mechanisms. The human body is a complex and sensitive physiological system that controls the maintenance of fluid balance and electrolyte concentrations for homeostasis, which can be influenced within a couple of hundred millilitres of fluid.
Carbs Before Training? Expert Opinion from HPI Faculty
Whether you should have carbs before training is a contentious issue and one hotly debated in nutrition circles. While some experts maintain that most, if not all, performances are going to benefit from taking carbs pre-workout, either in meal or supplement form, others maintain they are unnecessary for most training sessions.
In a previous article, Dr Cliff Harvey summarised the available research with take-home points on who benefits and who doesn't from carbs before training.
In this Holistic Performance Q&A Podcast, we get further expert commentary from two legends in their fields, HPI contributors Dr Eric Helms and Dr Mikki Williden.
Do You Need Carbs Before Training?
Do you need carbs before training? This question is commonly debated and there is a lot of confusion about whether one ‘needs’ to consume a specific higher-carbohydrate meal or supplement shortly before exercise. The answer is not whether one ‘needs’ carbohydrates before training, but for whom (and when) having additional carbohydrates in the form of an extra meal or a supplement will provide performance benefits.
Read on for a glimpse into what the research says on this question.