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Understanding Food: Sports Nutrition with Cory Holly

CC: Cory, you are known throughout Canada for your expertise in the matter of diet, exercise and nutritional strategies to attain both peak physical as well as mental performance. Simply put, what are the key components to optimum health?

As in medicine theoretically, the first law of life is “Do No Harm”. In my book that’s the only law we need on the planet. In this article I will confine the philosophical weight of that premise to human interaction only.

Cory Holly’s five–word affirmation, I want to be well is the rock–solid foundation on which his robust lifestyle is built. Through self–motivation he devotes at least an hour each day to researching the latest news in nutrition and then crystallizes his findings into phrases, headlines and multi–part articles for newsletters, magazines and book chapters.

A guide to individual dose loading and daily HMB consumption based on lean mass and gender.

A guide to individual daily protein consumption based on four classes including class one (inactive/sedentary), class two (aerobic/endurance), class three (aerobic/anaerobic/speed) and class four (anaerobic/size/strength)

Provides a range of protein sources from high (whey protein isolate) to low (luncheon meats) quality including pH and denatured state

Provides a range of carbohydrate sources from high (green vegetables) to low (sucrose) quality including pH and micronutrients density

If life itself is a sport, and I believe it is, then regardless of age we’re all athletes playing in the same game of survival. So the important question is “Are you winning?” Is your physical performance up to speed, and can you meet the challenge of the day, or has your ability to perform declined because of inactivity, poor eating habits, stress or just plain wear and tear?