Sports Nutrition Archive

Fluorescent Fish Provides New Insights into the Impacts of Pollution

via University of Exeter

Understanding the damage that pollution causes to both wildlife and human health is set to become much easier thanks to a new green-glowing zebrafish. Created by a team from the University of Exeter, the fish makes it easier than ever before to see where in the body environmental chemicals act and how they affect health. Credit: University of ExeterUnderstanding the damage that pollution causes to both wildlife and human health is set to become much easier thanks to a new green-glowing zebrafish. Created by a team from the University of Exeter, the fish makes it easier than ever before to see where in the body environmental chemicals act and how they affect health.

The fluorescent fish has shown that oestrogenic chemicals, which are already linked to reproductive problems, impact on more parts of the body than previously thought.

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Proper protein balance is key for weight loss and natural health

by Dr. Beth Lay, via PeasantRemedies.com,

Protein sourcesBack in my body building days, I was surrounded by protein-crazed men (and perhaps a few steroid-crazed ones as well). They were all consuming mass quantities of protein in the form of egg whites, tuna, protein bars, soy and whey protein powder shakes, especially immediately following a workout. There was some reason to their madness, however, the ever important appropriate balance seemed to be lacking in most of their diets and lives.

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Dr. David Pascal, Nutrition for World-Class Athletes

dpascal1Whole books have been written on the subject: what kind of nutrition does it take for a body to blaze through, break world records and win medals? Dr. David Pascal knows.

A Cary, North Carolina–based chiropractor and nutritional expert, Dr. Pascal comes by the field honestly. He is a world-class athlete himself—a gold medalist in the 1983 World Games for the 1,500-meter run—and hence it was a natural progression for him to specialize in track-and-field competitors when, twenty-two years ago, he began his chiropractic practice. Since then he has treated athletes at 2 Olympic Games, 3 World Championships and 25 US Championships. In Beijing, the athletes Dr. Pascal has worked with over the last two years won 20 medals—10 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze.

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RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, The amazing John Radich story

John RadichSome people run or jog for their health, or for fun, or often both. A good healthy run might be a mile or so. If a person is in really good shape, it might be a couple of miles. There are others who are more dedicated to running as an amateur sport, who participate in and hope to finish annual or semiannual marathons of about 27 miles.

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