We sit down with Tobias Christensen, Head of Performance Nutrition at Maurten, to learn more about the innovation behind hydrogel technology in the context of sports nutrition. We also discuss:

• The quick rise of the Maurten company in the sports nutrition industry to solve gastrointestinal distress, one of the most common problems amongst endurance athletes
• Tobias’s background and job duties at Maurten
• Why GI distress is common among athletes
• Aspects and ingredients of hydrogel technology and how it may reduce GI distress
• A walk-through of the Maurten product line, including the new sodium bicarbonate delivery system
  

More about our guest:

Tobias Christensen has been the head of nutrition at the Swedish sports nutrition company Maurten since 2017. With a background in elite sport and academic background in clinical nutrition and sports science, Tobias works with top endurance athletes.

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