Episode 96 - Andy Sparks PhD - Buffering the Limits: The Science of Sodium Bicarbonate

Episode 96 - Andy Sparks PhD - Buffering the Limits: The Science of Sodium Bicarbonate

July 17, 2025 · 31 min

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Andy Sparks discusses the science of sodium bicarbonate and its impact on sports performance.

BIO: Andy Sparks, PhD, was an academic in the UK for ~25 years and is now the Research Innovations Manager for Maurten AB, Sweden, and an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research focuses on nutritional interventions to enhance sports performance, particularly the use of sodium bicarbonate. He has published extensively on a range of topics in exercise physiology and sports nutrition, with a particular interest in endurance cycling and running perf...

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