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Professor of Nutrition and Physiology at Birmingham City University and one of the world's leading researchers on sodium bicarbonate and buffering agents for endurance performance. Research Director of BCU's Human Performance and Health group and co-author of Nutrition and Supplements in Cycling (Routledge, 2024).
Lewis A. Gough
Professor of Nutrition and Physiology, Birmingham City University
Lewis Gough (BA, MRes, PhD, FHEA) is Professor of Nutrition and Physiology at Birmingham City University, where he is Research Director of the Human Performance and Health research group and the College Academic Lead for the Research Excellence Framework. His research centres on exercise metabolism and fatigue, and in particular on the efficacy of nutritional supplements — he is best known for his work on sodium bicarbonate, including individualised time-to-peak ingestion strategies, post-exercise recovery dosing and novel delivery systems, alongside studies of dietary nitrate, citrulline malate, astaxanthin, caffeine and vitamin D. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers and co-wrote the BASES expert statement on extracellular buffering agents. His applied work supports professional cyclists, swimmers and rugby union players and their sport-science teams, and he has secured over £700k in external research funding with national and international industry partners. Beyond elite sport, his research group studies exercise and nutrition in health contexts including post-COVID condition rehabilitation, phenylketonuria (PKU) and vitamin D status. In June 2024 he published Nutrition and Supplements in Cycling (Routledge) with Andy Sparks, and he serves on the editorial boards of several international journals in sport and exercise science.
Professor of Nutrition and Physiology, Birmingham City UniversityLewis A. Gough
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