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Mauro Di Pasquale, M.D.

I am presently a licensed physician in Ontario, Canada, specializing in Nutrition and Sports Medicine. I hold an honors degree in biological science, majoring in molecular biochemistry (1968), and a medical degree (1971) - both from the University of Toronto. I am certified as a Medical Review Officer (MRO) by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC), and as a Master of Fitness Sciences (MFS) by the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). I am also a member of the American Academy of Sports Medicine.

I was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto for ten years (1988 to 1998) lecturing and researching on athletic performance, nutritional supplements and drug use in sports.

I was a world-class athlete for over twenty years, winning the world championships in Powerlifting in 1976, and the World Games in the sport of Powerlifting in 1981. I was Canadian champion eight times, Pan American champion twice, and North American champion twice. I was the first Canadian Powerlifter to become a World Champion and first Canadian Powerlifter to total 10 times bodyweight in any weight class and I'm the only Canadian to ever total ten times bodyweight in two weight classes.

Over the last four decades I have had extensive exposure to athletic injuries and disabilities, and drug use by athletes. I have been chairman/member of several national and international powerlifting, bodybuilding and Olympic weight lifting sports federation medical committees. Over this period of time I have acted as a consultant, medical advisor, drug testing officer and technical expert on the pharmacology and pathophysiology of sports drug testing.

I was the Medical Director to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF). I am the acting MRO for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

At present I am the President of the International United Powerlifting Federation and the Pan American (North, Central and South America, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands) Powerlifting Federation (www.PanAmPL.com).

I have written several books dealing with diet, nutritional supplements and the use of ergogenic aids by athletes.

In 1995 I wrote two books. One of these books, the Bodybuilding Supplement Review is a review of nutritional supplements and the other described my innovative Anabolic Diet for bodybuilders and strength athletes. Both books were written to provide information to athletes on how to increase muscle mass and strength and to offer an alternative to drug use.

In 1997 I wrote Amino Acids and Proteins for the Athlete - The Anabolic Edge published by CRC Press was released in October 1997. I have also written and am in the process of writing chapters for several books on nutrition, sports medicine, substance abuse, fitness and weight training.

In the past thirty-five years I have written several hundred articles on training, diet, nutritional supplements, and drug use in sports for many magazines and association journals. I've written for and had regular monthly columns in all the popular bodybuilding and fitness journals including Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Men's Fitness, Shape, Muscle Media, Muscle Mag International, IronMan, Powerlifting USA and many smaller publications.

From 1997 to 1999 I was involved in writing, research and product development for Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS) and Muscle Media, and was a member of the EAS Scientific Advisory Panel.

I've contributed chapters on diet and nutritional supplements to several fitness, weight and sports medicine books as well as books on anabolic steroids and substance abuse. The latest chapters on nutrition appears in Energy-Yielding Macronutrients and Energy Metabolism in Sports Nutrition and in Nutritional Applications in Exercise and Sport, both edited by Judy A. Driskell and Ira Wolinsky and published in 2000 by CRC Press.

In the past three decades I have been on several Editorial Boards for various fitness and strength magazines and was the Editor-in-Chief of a two quarterly international newsletter on sports nutrition and ergogenic aids.

I presently act as an international consultant for amateur and professional athletes and sports bodies on all aspects of training, nutrition and supplementation. I also act as an international consultant and expert witness for amateur and professional athletes and sports bodies, private corporations and companies, and government agencies on legal matters relating to the use and abuse, and drug testing of anabolic steroids, growth hormone and other ergogenic drugs and supplements.

I hold seminars and lecture all over the world on diet, nutritional supplements and training. In the past I have lectured and held seminars in dozens of cities in North America, and all over the world.

I formulated the complete APT Nutrition supplement line, which includes over 25 cutting edge products designed to maximize body composition, athletic performance and the beneficial effects of exercise. These supplements, plus my latest book, The Metabolic Diet (www.MetabolicDiet.com), form the nutritional backbone of some of my new international ventures.

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