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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Here we go! We’re just a few days away from the 2017 Vancouver Sun Run! Don’t miss the final SportMed RunWalk Webinar of 2017! Join SportMedBC’s Lynn Kanuka and mental performance consultant Dr. Shaunna Taylor for information and advice on how to physically and mentally prepare for the big day! REGISTER NOW Title: The Final Countdown Date: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm SPACE IS LIMITED SportMedBC will help you to a safe and comfortable finish at the 2017 Vancouver Sun Run!...

Back to Basics By Cristina Sutter, SportMedBC RunWalk Dietitian Today I pay tribute to food writer Michael Pollan, who has written simple common sense food rules like: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" and “Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food." In today’s age of superfoods and food police, we seem to have forgotten some of the basics in our attempts to cut clean up our diet. Here are some simple nutrition guidelines that may help us make healthier choices. Choose whole grains more often Include a variety of colourful...

Protein Part II: When Should We Eat Protein? By Cristina Sutter, SportMedBC RunWalk Dietitian The timing of our protein intake throughout the day is just as important as how much protein we eat. Although most of us actually do get enough protein in a day, studies by the US Department of Agriculture , and more recently by Nielsen in Canada, have consistently found that we tend to eat most of our protein at dinner and have very little at lunch and almost none at breakfast. In doing so, we miss out on the opportunity to build muscle throughout the day by carb loading our daytime meals with...

Protein Part I: How Much Protein Do We Need? By Cristina Sutter, SportMedBC RunWalk Dietitian Scientists have some new answers to the popular question of how much protein we need to build muscle. Researchers are now using a new method of estimating protein requirement known as IAAO (Indicator amino acid oxidation), which estimates our protein needs at 1.2g protein per KG of body weight. This amount is 40-50% higher than the current Canadian protein requirement advised by the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA). The RDA was calculated using an imperfect method called nitrogen balance, which is...