March 2012

Train Low, Compete High

25.03.2012 PERFORMANCE
girl weights

by Mike Macfarlane, BSc MSc I have tried many different nutrition strategies, some prescribed previously by sports nutritionists and others I had researched and chose to implement on a trial and error basis. Like many other athletes and determined trainers, I wanted a diet that did the following for me: Gave me the energy to [...]

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Research Update: Low carb is better than Moderate carb for body fat loss…

07.03.2012 ARTICLES
Clinical Stupidity

"A Low carb diet is better than Moderate carb diet for body fat loss and for improving your blood cholesterol levels BUT it would be prudent to eat a moderate carb diet if you want to lose weight"… ?!?!?!?! This is the conclusion of a study I stumbled across whilst researching for my 'Saturated Fat [...]

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Effective searching using PubMed and Google

04.03.2012 ARTICLES
Pub Med

[I'm aware now a number of readers of this blog are fellow practitioners and students so I thought I'd include this] I only found out about this in the last year and it has helped me tremendously. In the instance that you can not gain access to a journal or if you just want to [...]

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Research Update: Following the UK dietary guidelines increases risk factors for heart disease

04.03.2012 ARTICLES
Mac Plate

Guest Article by Martin MacDonald I’ve had this article written for a while and it originally started with this: “Well… wow. Can’t believe I’ve never seen this study! I’m gutted I can’t get the full text… if you can, please would you send it to me! Here is a link to the full text website: [...]

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Research Update: Rethinking Dietary Cholesterol (Review)

04.03.2012 ARTICLES
plate

This blog couldn't be more simple. I've said it time and time again. No-one needs to limit their cholesterol intake, not even those who are susceptible to increases in LDL from high cholesterol intakes. What makes this post even more timely is that just 2 days ago I spoke with my younger sister (who has [...]

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Mac-Nutrition Course / Mentorship

03.03.2012 ARTICLES
Nutrition Course Mentorship Internship

Update – To register your interest (no obligations yet), CLICK HERE and enter your email address to be sent the Mentorship Survey.   After what started as a flippant Facebook post, this has become a real possibility! Currently this is still an idea but if you are willing to help us ‘plan’ it, it may [...]

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Research Update: A low fat diet worsens cardiovascular risk factors in male and female runners

03.03.2012 ARTICLES
Heart health cardiovascular disease

Just a couple of interesting studies basically showing that eating a low fat diet (15-16%) worsens markers of cardiovascular disease risk. We hopefully all know that eating less than 15% fat is a bad idea, even the government doesn't recommend less than 15% but here is some evidence that perhaps even a 'health low fat [...]

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