ReviewNutrients2021
Efficacy of Popular Diets Applied by Endurance Athletes on Sports Performance: Beneficial or Detrimental? A Narrative Review.
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- Use of Carbohydrate (CHO), Gluten-Free, and FODMAP-Free Diets to Prevent Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Endurance Athletes: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- The Effects of Concurrent Training Combined with Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition and Aerobic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Understanding the Behavioural Determinants of Nutrition Practices in Ultra-Endurance Runners in Ireland.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Role of FODMAPs in Sports Nutrition: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Sport Participation and Gender Differences in Dietary Preferences: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italian Adults.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Making, not breaking the young, aspiring athlete: the development of Prep to be PRO (Nærmere Best) - a Norwegian school-based educational programme.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Socio-Demographic Influences on Dietary Habits and Nutritional Awareness: A Case Study of Polish Biathlon Association National Team Members.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Health-Related Lifestyles among University Students: Focusing on Eating Habits and Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Effect of a plant-based diet on oxidative stress biomarkers in male footballers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effect of a Mediterranean-style diet on the exercise performance and lactate elimination on adolescent athletes.Nutrition research and practice · 2023Article
- Longer-Term Effects of the Glycaemic Index on Substrate Metabolism and Performance in Endurance Athletes.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Factors affecting nutritional knowledge, attitude, practices and dietary intake among national players in Kathmandu, Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
- The VegPlate for Sports: A Plant-Based Food Guide for Athletes.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Ultra culture-ultra reality: a content analysis of YouTube depictions of ultra endurance sport and comparisons to scientific literature.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- The impact of dieting culture is different between sexes in endurance athletes: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Dietary Intake of Vegan and Non-Vegan Endurance Runners-Results from the NURMI Study (Step 2).Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
Endurance athletes need a regular and well-detailed nutrition program in order to fill their energy stores before training/racing, to provide nutritional support that will allow them to endure the harsh conditions during training/race, and to provide effective recovery after training/racing. Since exercise-related gastrointestinal symptoms can significantly affect performance, they also need to develop strategies to address these issues. All these factors force endurance athletes to constantly seek a better nutritional strategy. Therefore, several new dietary approaches have gained interest among endurance athletes in recent decades. This review provides a current perspective to five popular diet approaches: (a) vegetarian diets, (b) high-fat diets, (c) intermittent fasting diets, (d) gluten-free diet, and (e) low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAP) diets. We reviewed scientific studies published from 1983 to January 2021 investigating the impact of these popular diets on the endurance performance and health aspects of endurance athletes. We also discuss all the beneficial and harmful aspects of these diets, and offer key suggestions for endurance athletes to consider when following these diets.
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