Dear Performance Nutrition Leaders,
This week: GLP-1s in sport, the latest news, and an interesting new gel taking over instagram.
🧠 LATEST RESEARCH
GLP-1s in Sport: Your Perspective Matters
Ozempic. Wegovy. Mounjaro.
GLP-1 receptor agonists are impossible to ignore right now. They're dominating mainstream health conversations, showing up in clinical practice, and quietly making their way into sport.
But here's what we don't know: what practitioners like you are actually seeing on the ground.
Dr. Daniel Read at Loughborough University is trying to change that. His team has launched a short anonymous survey aimed specifically at sports nutritionists and dietitians working with highly trained athletes. The goal is to understand how GLP-1s are being used in sport, what's motivating or deterring athletes from taking them, and whether practitioners think they should be placed on the WADA Prohibited List.
It takes no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Responses are fully anonymous. And with over 900 of you reading this, if even a fraction of this community participates, we can help advance the field.
Research like this shapes future guidance, informs education, and eventually feeds into the conversations happening at the highest levels of sport.
The survey is led by Dr. Daniel Read at Loughborough University London. Any questions can be directed to [email protected].
📈NEWS
Mauro Reolon shares breakfast at Bromley FC
Red Bull hiring Team Sports Performance Specialist
University of Miami hiring Football Nutrition Fellow
Liberty University hiring for an Olympic Sports Nutrition Fellow
Sports nutritionists needed for survey exploring GLP-1 drugs in sport
IRONMAN and Amacx Sports Nutrition announce multi-year partnership
Rob O’Halloran shares performance nutrition provision example at Ipswich Town
Mariel Dritsas passes examination board certification as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics
Nicholas Economou shares cafeteria attendance numbers at Al Jazira Football Academy
Lisette Cornejo shares publication announcement for paper “Fueling Women's Football: Evidence-Informed Practical Nutrition Strategies for Performance and Health”
💡PERFORMANCE TECH
Made from two ingredients — organic maple syrup and Himalayan salt — SAP positions itself as a real-food alternative for endurance athletes who want carbohydrates without artificial additives.
It functions as a standard on-the-go gel. But the format also allows it to be poured — over pizza, pancakes, oats, rice cakes.
That's not something you see with traditional gels.
Worth noting: SAP Good Energy is not Informed Sport certified.
For athletes who struggle to hit carbohydrate targets — the ones who resist gels on texture, flavour, or principle — a product that integrates into a pre-training meal offers a different entry point.
It's an interesting application and another potential tool for increasing dietary carbohydrate in athletes where compliance is the actual barrier.
