The purpose of this blog is to raise awareness of a new European funded research project awarded to Dr Catherine Norton at PESS / SAH UL, firstly to encourage participation from student researchers to engage […]
Tag: Nutrition
The win-win diets – environmentally sustainable and healthy dietary approaches. Marta Kozior
A growing number of the world’s population requires higher food production. Nevertheless, millions of people are affected due to an inadequate calorie intake resulting in diet-related non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes, obesity). Many people suffer because […]
The muscle biopsy as a tool in muscle physiology research: development, value and considerations. Dr Brian Carson
This blog post gives a brief overview of the infamous sampling technique in sport science and exercise physiology circles known as the muscle biopsy. Many (under)graduate students will have “earned their stripes” by taking part […]
Life after the hot chicken roll ; could healthier food on campus facilitate better health for life. Dr Catherine Norton
Beginning university is an exciting, yet stressful time for many young adults (Von Ah et al. 2004). Many of our first year registrants at the University of Limerick are aged eighteen or nineteen years and […]
Adding Years to Life and Life to Years
Research Impact Case Study – Adding Years to Life and Life to Years: Nutrition Supports for Age Related Muscle Mass Loss In Ireland, only 30% of women and 45% of men over 65 remain disability-free for […]
FHI HAPN Team Win “Best Cross-Institutional Initiative” Award – Brian Carson & Phil Jakeman
FHI2 identified skeletal muscle metabolism as common to Healthy Ageing and Performance Nutrition (HAPN) and Glycaemic Management (GM) and coordinated action to validate a ‘translational’ muscle cell model was a key objective. Innovative and productive […]
How does the study of performance nutrition in athletes impact healthy ageing? Phil Jakeman
Media Alert: The Journal of Nutrition Protein-rich breakfasts and lunches increase lean tissue mass in the elderly As hypothesized, whereas lean body mass decreased in the control group, those consuming the additional protein […]
Quality assurance in Sports and Exercise Nutrition – He who shouts loudest may not be best qualified! Catherine Norton
In the past, sports and exercise nutritionists (SEN) may have been perceived as finger-wagging food police, who had a few good recipes up their sleeves and could let you know whether it was safe […]
Injury – can you eat your way to recovery? – Catherine Norton
One aspect of recovery that is often overlooked when an athlete is injured is nutrition. We tend to pay more attention to rubs, ice packs and heat treatments than to what we eat. The information […]
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