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Biography
Dr Ricardo Costa works in the Department of Nutrition Dietetics & Food, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as an academic, researchers, consultant and practitioner in Sports Dietetics and Extremes Physiology. Ricardo is a HCPC Registered Dietitian-UK, SENr Registered Sport Dietitian- UK, Accredited Practicing Dietitian-Aus and Advanced Sports Dietitian-Aus, who came to Monash University in August 2013 from Coventry University-UK.
Ricardo completed his PhD at the University of Wales- UK, in neuroendocrine and nutritional immunology on the influence of sleep deprivation, cold exposure, exercise stress and nutritional intervention on selected immune responses; which examined the impact of individual and combined stressors on immune function. Additionally, the role of nutrition intervention in attenuation exercise-induce perturbations to immune function. Ricardo's recent work has focused on the impact of multi-stressor activity on immune, thermoregulatory, and gastrointestinal health; and additionally, the impact of ultra-marathon competition on nutrition and hydration status, and implication for health.
Prior to joining Monash, his academic activities at Coventry University- UK (2009-2013), included postgraduate Sport and Exercise Nutrition Course Director, Research Fellow, and led the Coventry University Sport and Exercise Nutritional Support and Research Team (2010-2013). Areas of research interest, funding, and outputs include: exercise, nutrition and environmental physiology and immunology; sports and exercise nutrition; and exercise gastroenterology. Ricardo's recent post-doc work focused on the impact of multi-stressor activity on immune, thermoregulatory, and gastrointestinal responses; and additionally, the impact of ultra-marathon competition on nutrition and hydration status. Before entering a career in academics he was a professional/semi-professional Trialthlete/Duathlete competing on the World and European circuit between 1994-2003.
Research interests
Research Interest: Ricardos research interests include the impact of exercise stress with and without other stressors on gut health, and role of nutrition in attenuating or exacerbating stress induce perturbations to gut health. Over the last few years he has established and led an international multi-centre research team investigating the impact of ultra-endurance competition on nutritional and hydration status, and on various physiological and immunological parameters; in which issue of gut health have been identified. Previously, as course director for Sports Dietetic training in the UK, he is an active consultant and supervisor in Sports Dietetics, providing and supervising sport and exercise nutritional support to a wide range of sports at recreational, amateur, and elite (Olympic athletes) level.
Research Expertise: Dietary assessment and analysis, recipe development, indirect calorimetry, hydration status measurement techniques, thermoregulation, exercise physiology measurement techniques (including anthropometrics), exercise immunology, gastrointestinal assessment during exercise; sample collection techniques and processing, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay techniques, field and laboratory based experimental designs.
Research area keywords
- sports nutrition
- dietetics
- hydration
- immunity
- thermoregulation
- gastrointestinal symptoms
- Gastrointestinal Function
Network
Projects
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Lion- AA: Lion GRIP Food & Dairy- Active Aging
Huschtscha, Z., Da Costa, R., Porter, J. & Kannar, D.
24/07/17 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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True Protein: Pre-, Pro-, Syn-biotic and Active Living Systematic Literature Review and Clinical Study
18/11/19 → 17/11/20
Project: Research
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The impact of day-time and night-time endurance exercise on gastrointestinal integrity, functional responses, symptoms, and systemic endotoxin and cytokine profiles - A laboratory controlled mechanistic exploration of circadian variation influences in ultra-endurance athletes.
Da Costa, R., Gaskell, S., Muir, J. & Burgell, R.
4/02/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Research output
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Comments and future directions arising from "the Impact of Dairy Protein Intake on Muscle Mass, Muscle Strength, and Physical Performance in Middle-Aged to Older Adults with or without Existing Sarcopenia"
Huschtscha, Z. M., Porter, J. & Costa, R. J. S., Jan 2020, In : Advances in Nutrition. 11, 1, p. 175-176 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
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Defining Off-road Running: A Position Statement from the Ultra Sports Science Foundation
Scheer, V., Basset, P., Giovanelli, N., Vernillo, G., Millet, G. P. & Costa, R. J. S., 1 May 2020, In : International Journal of Sports Medicine. 41, 5, p. 275-284 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Diurnal versus Nocturnal Exercise—Impact on the Gastrointestinal Tract
Gaskell, S., Rauch, C., Parr, A. & Costa, R. J. S., 15 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Exertional-heat stress-associated gastrointestinal perturbations during Olympic sports: Management strategies for athletes preparing and competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Costa, R. J. S., Gaskell, S. K., McCubbin, A. J. & Snipe, R. M. J., 2020, In : Temperature. 7, 1, p. 58–88 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
Hydrogel carbohydrate-electrolyte beverage does not improve glucose availability, substrate oxidation, gastrointestinal symptoms or exercise performance, compared with a concentration and nutrient-matched placebo
McCubbin, A. J., Zhu, A., Gaskell, S. K. & Costa, R. J. S., 1 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. 30, 1, p. 25-33 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus)