I'm Stephen, a performance nutritionist helping athletes, coaches, and practitioners stay ahead with bi-weekly, evidence-based insights. Performance Nutrition 365 is a newsletter and podcast that breaks down the latest sports nutrition research into clear, practical takeaways you can apply right away.
Your hydration habits might be supercharging your stress response.
Welcome to your daily hub Today we investigate a research article investigating the link between habitual fluid intake, hydration status, and the body’s cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress, specifically using the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). The study compared individuals with habitually low fluid intake (LOW) to those with high fluid intake (HIGH), finding that LOW fluid intake and corresponding suboptimal hydration were associated with a significantly greater magnitude of...
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