Running Gels and Protein Powders Can Be Convenient Boosts for Athletes

Running Gels and Protein Powders Can Be Convenient Boosts for Athletes
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Personal bests, competition wins, new challenges—athletes, and particularly endurance athletes—tend to want to push themselves hard to perform. So it makes sense that there is a big interest in sports supplements, like running gels and protein powders.

We all need macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that give us energy and build structures like muscles and other cells in our bodies.
Emma Beckett is a senior lecturer on food science and human nutrition at the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle.
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