The last question in my student’s final exam this past semester was ‘what are the differences between nutrition for sport & performance and nutrition for health & wellness?’ The answer is sort of in the question – One is for performance and the other is for health. Easy, right? Maybe, on the surface. But if you think about it, it
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I have been on a search for the perfect breakfast cookie. Yes, cookie. Cookies get a bad rep, for a very good reason. Almost all of them are full of stuff we should not really be putting in our bodies on a regular basis, some may say ever. But think about it – if you can fully control what goes
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The first week of teaching is done and dusted. The first week of school is always a busy one, regardless if you are the teacher or the student! I don’t have a typical Monday to Friday work schedule, so I never thought much of that TGIF saying… But today kind of felt like a Friday to me and I have
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I realized the other day that is has been far too long since I first posted anything on this site. I am now done teaching until January 2012, when I will hopefully be back at Camosun for round 2. It has been pretty tough juggling my first semester of college teaching with my normal work load, and I am still
Read more →‘Fueling Endurance Performance’ is a book in progress, to be launched on October 29th 2011. At first, I just started experimenting in the kitchen so I can provide athletes with recipes that will allow them to follow the nutrition guidelines I have given them. That’s when I realized that there is a gap… There is a clear gap between sports
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