Mop up of sport nutrition posts

To mop up–double blinded studies are difficult to design and conduct. This may be an unreasonable expectation so other control features may need to be implemented. This is especially true with nutrition related studies as there are so many confounding variables, including what the subjects had to eat the day before.
Is there a difference between optimal nutrient status and adequate nutrient status?
In the authors opinion, and mine, there is a huge difference. For the athlete this distinction is rarely made. Most people treat their 12 cylinder Ferrari better than they treat their bodies. Olympic athletes tend to do better, especially at home. When traveling food selections and availability can become a nightmare. Just changing water supplies can become a problem.
“common sense dictates that optimizing nutrient status can enhance performance.” Yup, along with a few supplements.

I recommend a 10% carbohydrate solution, with electrolytes, made by Shaklee, Performance Endurance Electrolyte Drink. It comes with a pedigree of quality, perhaps exquisite, peer reviewed research. This product has been studied by NASA scientists, several universities, is used by many elite athletes, and more. It works well. Athletes are known to bonk on competing products. Some taste so bad that they have to be diluted–diminishing their results even more. Some of these competing beverages have ingredients that no human body should ingest.
As we said in the beginning: “What you put into your body is what you get out.” And for the end: “You can go only as far as your nutrition will take you.”

(Teta J, Teta K. Enhancing the performance of the athlete, part 2. Townsend Letter, January 2014, issue #366. pps 71-74. Other info from this article is also used with my thoughts and experience intertwined. Perhaps not the official way to give attribution but these gentlemen can take full credit for the effort and info being passed on here, and the several previous posts.