Long summer rides are wonderful. The sunshine is out, the roads are dry, the café stops are frequent, and your cycling group has somehow convinced itself that six hours in the saddle counts as “taking it easy.”
Coffee appears to rewire the gut-brain connection, changing microbes that influence mood, stress, and cognition. Even decaf had surprising brain benefits, hinting that coffee’s power goes far beyond caffeine. Let’s take a closer look at a new study from Ireland at University College Cork.
The UCI Sports Nutrition Project, a collaboration between the sport’s governing body and the world’s top scientists and WorldTour practitioners, documented why carb-loading protocols were replaced by carb periodisation. Let’s take a closer look at how it happened and what you can take away from…
