jungle of science

If we consider our race nutrition we should not forget about the bigger picture behind. At least I think that we need to look at our nutrition in general, and at the race and training nutrition in specific...

THE LONG MARCH OF THE ALLERGY The food allergy is frequently the beginning of the long march of the allergy Even if a food allergy frequently disappears with age, it is unfortunately far too often the beginning of...

Nutrition* is called the 4th discipline of triathlon. This may infer a very misleading connotation of the importance of food for all well-being. I consider nutrition as the foundation on which our well-being and our ability to perform...

Antibiotics destroy, they don't cure Just recently I have been confronted with guys suffering from infections with troublesome bacterial strains like Pseudomonas, a microbe usually only afflicting people with a weak immunity, and people in critical care hospital...

Last Sunday was the hottest day in Frankfurt since weather records are archived. The conditions for the triathlon European Championships have been extraordinary hard and lots of precautions have been taken. The water supplies and aid stations have...

Not a lack of substitution but a disturbed regulation is the core of the problem Signs and symptoms of overdrinking tend to develop when the serum falls below 130 mmol/L. Early signs and symptoms can include: bloating, ‘‘puffiness’’,...

Cases of exercise-associated hyponatremia seem to increase. The more people take part in endurance races like marathon or triathlon the more problematic it becomes if amateurs apply the rules for professional athletes to themselves. Water balance too, follows...

Co-existence: benefiting from each other There is no life and no surviving without immunity. Immunity takes care that the integrity of our bodies is sustained, that the many boundaries that make up an organism, are closed and open...