Explore Journal

Do Women Need Different Recovery Nutrition?

Recovery nutrition research in female athletes remains too limited to justify rigid menstrual-cycle diets, despite real hormonal differences.

Carbohydrates Aren’t Just Fuel

Carbohydrate metabolism supplies more than immediate energy, providing glucose-derived material that cells can store or use to build molecules.

Why Losing Appetite with Age Can Become a Nutrition Problem

Appetite loss in older adults can push food intake below energy needs, increasing the risk of unintended weight loss even as calorie needs decline.

Only a Few Hours to Recover? What Your Body Needs before the Next Workout

Recovery nutrition between closely spaced workouts should match the fuel and fluid losses from the last session to the demands of the next.

What the Adult Protein Recommendation Really Means

The adult protein RDA estimates an intake that meets most healthy adults’ needs, rather than measuring an individual’s exact requirement.

Protein: Complete Doesn’t Always Mean High-Quality

Protein quality depends on the proportions of essential amino acids and their digestibility, beyond whether a food contains all nine.

Nutrition Can Become More Challenging with Age

Older adults may need fewer calories while still needing nutrient-rich foods, making adequate nutrition within a smaller intake more challenging.

Why Fat Burning Is Not the Same as Fat Loss

Low-carbohydrate diets can increase fat burning, but losing stored body fat still requires an energy deficit sustained over time.

How Your Body Uses Carbs, Protein, and Fat

Macronutrients provide different metabolic options after digestion, so carbohydrate, protein, and fat do not serve interchangeable roles in the body.

What Happens to Proteins When You Cook Them?

Cooking changes protein folding by disrupting bonds that stabilize shape, while usually leaving the chain of amino acids intact.

How Your Body Digests and Absorbs Protein

Protein digestion breaks food proteins into amino acids and small peptides that intestinal cells can absorb for the body’s ongoing protein turnover.

Why the Same Foods Don’t Affect Hunger the Same Way

Foods can change hunger and fullness, but appetite responses depend on the meal and the person rather than following a fixed timetable.