Glucagon: The Anti-Insulin Hormone

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Glucagon Causes The Liver To Convert Stored Glycogen Into Glucose
Glucagon Regulates the Rate of Glucose Production Through Lipolysis
A Steady Flow Of Glucagon Release Throughout The Day Helps The Body Oxidize Fat
Glucagon Is The Hormone That Normally Dominates Our Metabolism When We’re Fasting

Derek Evely: Professional Athletics Coach



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Derek Evely is a highly successful coach and athletics educator. In the mid-1990s, he was the Head Coach of the Kamloops Track and Field Club before moving to Edmonton to work as the Sport Science Manager at the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre (CACC).

PSN No.5: Muscle: The Health Engine


Muscle is the health engine of the body. It’s what drives the train along the tracks; it’s what pulls the entire line and leads the body forward. There’s no motion, no movement and no action without muscles contracting as one, and that takes energy. Muscle is all about energy. It’s also about health.


Skeletal muscle needs to serviced, looked after, nourished and rested. It cannot be neglected or it will atrophy and die.

PSN No.4: Optimum Health



Well simply put, you can’t achieve something that you don’t understand, believe in or even know exists. So what is Optimum health? That’s the first question we should ask. What is this thing called Health?

Insulin: The Anabolic Hormone

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Our Ability To Respond To Insulin Is Called Insulin Tolerance
Insulin Functions As An Anabolic Hormone and A Brilliant Fat Storage Hormone
Insulin Prevents Sugar From Rising Too High And Is Essential to Glucose Transport
Chronic Insulin Elevation Occurs As A Result Of Consuming A Diet High In Refined Carbohydrates

Hearty Red Fruit Crumble & Best Flu Remedies


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What’s Cookin? Hearty Red Fruit Crumble
Hot Topic: Best Flu Remedies

Turkish Delight


The year is 1982 and I’m cruising through the streets of Istanbul on foot. What a place! Istanbul, once known as Constantinople, straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its current population is 14 million (2017). A sign ahead catches my eye. It’s written in English and says, “Tourists welcome food and drink.”

PSN No.3: The Science



The science of sports nutrition is a derivative of scientific investigation, including various studies and clinical work performed by researchers and scientists at universities and research centers around the world.

PSN No.2: The Art



Sports nutrition is an art. This relates to how you apply the science. If you’re a CSNA graduate you understand this. Remember, and please bring to mind, once you know what to do, the art has to do with the application and the actual doing of what you know to do.

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