The Power of Urine

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Ketones in Urine: What These Bodies Reveal About Your Metabolism

Ketones in Urine: What These Bodies Reveal About Your Metabolism

12 December 2024

The presence of ketones in your urine (or ketonuria) is an important indicator of metabolic status. Ketones are substances produced when your body break...

Urinary pH: understanding its role in acid-base balance

Urinary pH: understanding its role in acid-base balance

03 December 2024

Urine pH is a critical indicator of the body's acid-base balance, a fundamental aspect of overall health. It reflects the kidneys' ability to maintain t...

Sports Hydration - Key to Performance and Recovery

Sports Hydration - Key to Performance and Recovery

25 November 2024

Hydration is an essential component of athletic performance, whether you are a top athlete or an amateur sportsperson. Ensuring a good water balance hel...

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Understanding the albumin/creatinine ratio to know your muscle potential

Understanding the albumin/creatinine ratio to know your muscle potential

15 November 2024

The albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) is a critical urine test that provides insight into kidney health and its relationship to physical performance. In...

On the way to your best performance!

On the way to your best performance!

30 October 2024

Five weeks before the competition Welcome to myDOXA Perform! During this first week, we will familiarize you with myDOXA and biomar...

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Muscle Potential and Sport: Maximizing Performance and Preventing Risks

Muscle Potential and Sport: Maximizing Performance and Preventing Risks

What is Muscular Potential? Muscular potential in sports refers to the ability of muscles to generate force, power, and endurance to achieve optimal ...

Understanding the Presence of Red Blood Cells in the Urine: Causes, Risks and Prevention

Understanding the Presence of Red Blood Cells in the Urine: Causes, Risks and Prevention

What are red blood cells? Red blood cells are blood cells that help carry oxygen throughout the body. Blood in the urine following intense ph...

Albumin and Physical Activity: Understanding Its Role and Maintaining Optimal Balance

Albumin and Physical Activity: Understanding Its Role and Maintaining Optimal Balance

What is Albumin? Albumin is a protein made by the liver and found in the blood (see the article on proteins ). It helps carry important substances l...

Vitamin C and Sport: Why It's Essential and How to Maintain Optimal Levels

Vitamin C and Sport: Why It's Essential and How to Maintain Optimal Levels

What is Vitamin C? Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. It is a water-soluble molecule provided by food, particularly via citrus fruits...

Why choose urine over blood?

Why choose urine over blood?

Urine and blood are two different bodily fluids that can provide valuable information about a person's fitness or health, but they are often analyzed fo...

The Power of Urine

Bilirubin and Physical Activity: Understanding Urinary Levels and How to Regulate Them

Bilirubin and Physical Activity: Understanding Urinary Levels and How to Regulate Them

What is Bilirubin? Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that is formed when the body breaks down red blood cells. Normally, bilirubin is processed by the li...

Optimizing ketone levels: The link between diet, hydration and physical activity

Optimizing ketone levels: The link between diet, hydration and physical activity

What are Ketones ? Ketones are molecules produced by the liver when the body breaks down fats for energy in the absence of sufficient carbohydrates. K...

Optimizing your Sports Performance: Understanding Urinary Density and its Impact on Hydration

Optimizing your Sports Performance: Understanding Urinary Density and its Impact on Hydration

What is Urine Specific Gravity? Urine specific gravity refers to the measurement of urine concentration, which reflects the amount of dissolved solid...

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Leukocytes and Physical Activity: Understanding their Role and How to Manage their Presence in Urine

Leukocytes and Physical Activity: Understanding their Role and How to Manage their Presence in Urine

What are Leukocytes? The presence of white blood cells, also called leukocytes, are a type of blood cell produced in the bone marrow and present in the ...

Urinary pH and its Influence on Sports Performance: Causes and Optimization Tips

Urinary pH and its Influence on Sports Performance: Causes and Optimization Tips

What is pH? Urine pH is a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of urine. It indicates the concentration of hydrogen ions in the urine, with...

Proteins and Sport: Understanding their Impact on Urine and How to Optimize Your Levels

Proteins and Sport: Understanding their Impact on Urine and How to Optimize Your Levels

What are Proteins? Proteins correspond to the detection of albumin (fatty acid transport protein in the blood, see the article on albumin ) and myoglo...

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Glucose and Sports Performance: Understanding its Impact on Urine and How to Optimize Levels

Glucose and Sports Performance: Understanding its Impact on Urine and How to Optimize Levels

What is Glucose? During intense exercise, the body needs energy to fuel the muscles. To provide this energy, the body breaks down glycogen stored in t...

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Calcium: Essential role, influencing factors and tips for maintaining an optimal balance

Calcium: Essential role, influencing factors and tips for maintaining an optimal balance

What is Calcium? Calcium occurs naturally in the body and plays an essential role in a variety of physiological functions, including bone health, musc...

All about creatinine: role, influencing factors and tips for maintaining optimal levels

All about creatinine: role, influencing factors and tips for maintaining optimal levels

What is Creatinine? Creatine, a natural amino acid derivative, plays a central role in the functioning of the body. It plays a role in providing energy ...

Urobilinogen and Physical Activity: Understanding and Optimizing Levels

Urobilinogen and Physical Activity: Understanding and Optimizing Levels

What is Urobilinogen? Urobilinogen is a substance that is formed when the liver breaks down bilirubin (see article on bilirubin ) , a yellow pigment pro...

Nitrites : Understanding their role in nutrition and sports performance

Nitrites : Understanding their role in nutrition and sports performance

What are Nitrites? Nitrites are the conversion products of nitrates. Nitrates are naturally occurring compounds found in many foods, especially vegetabl...