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Few ideas in sports nutrition have been as influential, or perhaps as widely misunderstood, as the so-called "window of opportunity". During the 1990s the message appeared simple and compelling: consume carbohydrate immediately after exercise, ingest protein within 30 minutes, and avoid missing the critical recovery window. Over time these ideas became embedded in sports practic...

If you have spent any time in elite sport, you will have met the athlete whose decline does not fit a neat narrative. Training looks appropriate on paper, their fuelling is “good enough”, and yet something unravels: performance stagnates, sleep becomes fragmented, mood darkens, minor infections become frequent, and the body starts to feel older than it should. In those moments, ...