This week, read about a superfit 80-y-old, exercise and cancer, Health Canada endorsing pseudoscience, skinny rice, the myth of high-protein diets, and more. Case Study: How to be 80-year-old with the VO2max of 35-year-old Norwegian researchers describe the physiology of an 80-year-old man with a very high VO2 max (50 mL·kg−1·min−1), similar to most 35-year-olds. They […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Ski Nationals Wrap-Up
The week of racing at Ski Nationals in Thunder Bay is over, and it’s back to reality! Overall the event was a great success. Plenty of snow and cool temperatures helped the Lappe Nordic trails remain in amazing shape for the week of racing. The number of committed athletes, coaches, volunteers and clubs was impressive, […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about cooking shows making people fat, why heavier athletes don’t need more carbs during activity, how fonts influence health behavior, a questionable diet soda and weight study, limiting food waste with ugly but tasty produce, and more. Do TV Cooking Shows Make Us Fat? Researchers from Cornell’s Food and Brand lab investigated […]
5 Races in 8 Days: Ski Nationals at Lappe Nordic
I’m at the 2015 Haywood Ski Nationals, a yearly end of season championship that attracts over 650 elite skiers from across Canada. This year we are at Lappe Nordic Ski Center, which offers fabulous trails and Finnish charm (the ski center has saunas in the change room, and serves up delicious Finnish pancakes!). The trail […]