This week, read about how exercise intensity matters for glucose tolerance, pro tips for tendon injuries, the Mediterranean diet cuts heart disease risk, tips for daylight saving time, lack of nutrition in medical education, evidence for foam rolling, how athletes stay fast after 50, adding salt to sports drink improves 1/2 ironman performance, probiotics hype, […]
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This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about the best way to deliver health messages, Sport England’s #thisgirlcan campaign, beet juice improves exercise-related vasodilation in older adults, the 88-year old skier you want to be, why carbs are not the enemy, how to make yourself go to the gym, and more. How best to deliver messages about promoting health? Given the […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about the Mediterranean diet and longevity, benefits of nitrates from vegetables, running to stay young, worrying about wheat, and more. Could a Mediterranean Diet Extend Your Life? Harvard Medical School researchers found that adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet was associated with longer telomeres in women. Telomeres are recently-discovered structures on the end of chromosomes that […]
Will beet juice improve endurance performance?
I wrote this article in 2012, and since the science of nitrates in vegetables on health and athletic performance has continued to evolve, with many promising studies. See this page for newer updates on dietary nitrates, sports performance, and health. One race morning, I noticed my XC Ottawa teammates Karl and Megan drinking beet juice. […]