Athletes who are training for the London Marathon can improve their on-field performance by giving due importance to what they eat and drink, according to researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.

According to Dr Peter Jones, a Senior Lecturer at the University’s School of Life Sciences, some food products and drinks can be ingested by athletes to deliver dramatic sporting performance on a consistent basis.

From News-Medical.Net:

“The improvements in performance were only seen when the carbohydrate loaded was low in GI,” said Matt. “The mechanism behind this may be due to the increases seen in blood glucose throughout the time trial.”

Another research project undertaken by postgraduate student, Nick Tiller, found that athletes could maximise their performance through drinking mixed carbohydrate drinks, as opposed to those containing single carbohydrates only.

“This is important because, for example, if you drink commercially available sports drinks, you can only ingest 70 grammes of maltodextrin per hour, which may not be enough to maximise your performance,” said Dr Jones. “But if you supplement this with, for example fructose, you can open up two channels and increase the amount of glucose available to your body.

“There is no doubt but that the foods that we eat have a significant effect on performance. Those in serious training need to give this more thought if they are to maximise their performance.”

Apart from these carbohydrate drinks, a medically guided and followed intake of health supplements and even steroids such as Winstrol, Deca Durabolin, and Clomid can help sportsmen gain optimum benefits. But, potential users must remember that steroids and sports need to be mixed very carefully and diligently as an indiscriminate usage or abuse of steroids can lead to side-effects.

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