RT Book, Section A1 Burke, Louise A2 Burke, Louise A2 Deakin, Vicki A2 Minehan, Michelle SR Print(0) ID 1185564541 T1 Nutrition for recovery after training and competition T2 Clinical Sports Nutrition, 6e YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd PP New York, NY SN 9781743767900 LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1185564541 RD 2024/03/29 AB In many areas of sports nutrition, there is a familiar trajectory to the development of a new area of interest. The story often starts with a lack of interest in and awareness of the area. However, a few key studies or anecdotal practices appear, pricking the interest of sections of the sports nutrition community. Momentum is generated, and the resulting outputs allow the development of practical guidelines to take advantage of the new knowledge. A market is created for a range of gadgets and resources, and suddenly, the sports world is filled with experts, special facilities and must-have products. The overflow to the mass market and to recreational athletes further simplifies the message to a ‘one size fits all’ approach, mandatory and universally applied to all situations and individuals. Then, just when peak interest has occurred, new evidence emerges that the picture is far more complex than previously thought. We learn that we have over-diagnosed the importance, prevalence or symptoms of our issue. Worse still, we find that some of our newly recommended practices may not just be benign, even if they are unnecessary, but may actually be harmful to our goals. The theme of recovery nutrition provides a worthy example of such a cycle.