Section guide
Within Sports Nutrition, the Health & Wellness section helps identify useful steps, common mistakes and products that are actually suited to this concern.
Health & Wellness
Ten years ago collagen was dismissed as expensive gelatine. Then the tendon-loading studies arrived. The story of how a punchline became a protocol.
Health & Wellness
Drinking more water is not the same as being hydrated. For athletes sweating heavily, plain water can actually make the problem worse.
Health & Wellness
The microbiome influences how you absorb nutrients, how inflamed you are, and how often you get sick. For athletes, that is not wellness talk — that is performance infrastructure.
Health & Wellness
That nagging knee or shoulder is not just wear and tear you have to accept. Understanding cartilage biology changes how you protect your joints for the long term.
Health & Wellness
Magnesium is involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions, and athletes lose it faster than anyone. The symptoms of running low are so ordinary that almost nobody connects them.
Health & Wellness
Training success depends on inflammation you can switch on and off. Omega-3 fatty acids are one of the few tools that adjust that switch — if the dose and quality are right.
Health & Wellness
Vitamin C is the supplement everyone reaches for at the first sign of a cold. For athletes the picture is more layered — and timing it wrong can blunt your gains.
Health & Wellness
You train in a gym, work in an office and live north of Rome. Statistically, your vitamin D is insufficient for half the year — and it is quietly taxing your performance.