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The Training121 Blog aims to be a beacon of clarity amidst the often confusing online health and nutrition space. While a lot of our articles focus on nutrition, the blog spans a range of topics, including exercise, sleep, and behaviour change. We craft our articles to be easy to understand, to be useful, and to impart a critical thinking mindset to the reader. Best of all, our articles are free to read and always will be. Join our mailing list below to stay informed and never miss out on valuable insights.

Health and Nutrition Science Communication Officer at Training121

Patrick Elliott, BSc, MPH

Are Processed Foods Unhealthy?

While a diet of cakes and doughnuts is clearly not optimal, it might surprise you to hear that processed foods are not always unhealthy....

Three Simple Swaps to Improve Your Diet

If you want to improve your diet with very little effort, this article is for you. There are a number of competing hypotheses about what...

Smoothies: The Swiss Army Knife of Snacks

Smoothies are a convenient, adaptable, and healthy snack. In this article, we explain why they’re a good tool to improve diet quality,...

One Potential Strategy to Improve Childrens’ Diets

As most parents out there know, getting children to eat healthy can be a struggle. In this article, we break down a new study that...

Eating Healthy on a Budget

Eating healthy can be expensive. But with some planning, it can be less expensive. In this article, we arm you with some tips to help you...

Can Vegans Match Omnivores for Muscle Gains?

New research has questioned the common claim that animal sources of protein are superior to plant sources for muscle and strength gains....

Spotting Nutribollocks Online

Few things grind my gears more than people spreading nutrition misinformation—or nutribollocks—online. In this article, I’ll discuss...

The Big Picture in Sports Nutrition

So far this month we have explained how different sports nutrition supplements can support exercise performance. In this article, we give...

Are Sports Drinks Worth the Money?

With millions in marketing campaigns, sports drink giants like Lucozade Sport and Gatorade have made a name for themselves as...

Why You Should Take Creatine

Creatine is a very common supplement, and for good reason. We explain why you should take it by discussing how it works, what type of...

Pros & Cons of Protein Powders

Protein powders are very common among athletes. But how common something is doesn’t tell us anything about its merits. In this article,...

Alcohol and Athletic Performance

While everyone can probably agree that alcohol is not good for athletic performance, how exactly does it impact it? Football culture is...

Three Sports Nutrition Myths Busted

The internet is home to all sorts of nonsense that often strays into the field of nutrition in the form of misinformation. In this...

What is Veganuary and Should You Try it?

Every January since 2014, the non-profit organisation Veganuary encourages people to try a vegan diet for the month of January and...

Turn Intentions Into Actions

To kick off the new year, let’s talk about how strategic action plans—or implementation intentions—can help turn your good intentions...

Navigating the Christmas Break

Christmas is supposed to be a time of rest and relaxation. To help make this a reality, we give some tips and insights into navigating...

Study Breakdown: SWAP-MEAT Athlete Study

Athletes are often afraid that their performance will suffer when eating plant-based. Is this the case? Here, we dissect a new paper...

Diet Tracking

With the advent of apps such as MyFitnessPal, diet tracking has become more common among health-conscious individuals. Here, we chat...

Fuelling During Tournament Football

As the world’s best countries kick off the 22nd FIFA World Cup, we thought it may be informative to dig into how the best players should...

Amenorrhoea: The Red Flag

As a female athlete, it is not uncommon to miss your period. Here, we discuss why this is a red flag, why it should be taken very...