As both a Registered Dietitian and Certified Exercise Physiologist, one might be tempted to think that I’ve got all the bases covered to help people lose weight. After all, losing weight is simply a matter of burning off more calories than you eat, right? If only these things were true! In reality losing weight is […]
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To Supplement or Not to Supplement: Vitamin D vs. Iron
On Saturday June 1st I got to attend a great day of continuing education at the annual conference of the Certified Professional Trainers Network. I enjoyed informative sessions on anatomy, sarcopenia and even a hands-on session with battle ropes – what a workout! Of course my favourite sessions of the day were those about nutrition. […]
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NHL Nutritional Non-Sense Part 2: Follow-Up
So it would seem, on the surface at least, that I am an idiot. This is due to a blog I wrote while waiting for the 2012-13 NHL season to begin (a season which you may recall never actually included the 2012 part due to a lockout). The inspiration for this blog was an article […]
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Genetics and Nutrition
Epigenetics Nutritional Genomics Believe it or not I completed a university course in genetics. Now I won’t tell you my final mark – let’s just say that to this day I still credit Genetics 2301 as being the single hardest course I’ve ever taken. I bring up this course I took in university […]
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When does nutrition during physical activity become important?
I need things to be kept as simply as possible. And I am not ashamed of it.
In my dealings with the world of nutrition this often becomes a problem for me. As Beth Mansfield, one of Canada’s leading sports dietitians, has been known to quip: “Nutrition is not rocket science… it’s much more complicated”. That’s why I’m relatively proud of myself (if I may say so) for coming up with the following table whose purpose is to answer the question as to whether or not a person needs to be concerned about nutrition during his/her physical activity.