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Devon Da Costa

@devondacosta1

Exercise Science PhD candidate - University of Cape Town. Research Consultant @sportscience_sa and Lecturer @eta_college

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The SSISA Group for Research, Implementation and Translation team works with UCT’s HPALS Research Centre, to promote physical activity, healthy eating, sleep health, and levelling the playing fields for all South Africans. Read more here: buff.ly/3UaZOxM @HPALS__

The SSISA Group for Research, Implementation and Translation team works with UCT’s HPALS Research Centre, to promote physical activity, healthy eating, sleep health, and levelling the playing fields for all South Africans. Read more here: buff.ly/3UaZOxM @HPALS__
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Learn more about SSISA GRIT Research Consultants: - Warren Lucas, PhD Exercise Science candidate, UCT - Devon Da Costa, PhD Exercise Science candidate, UCT - Evan Knight, PhD Exercise Science candidate, UCT - Tim Klein, MSc Exercise Science candidate, UCT

Learn more about SSISA GRIT Research Consultants:

- Warren Lucas, PhD Exercise Science candidate, UCT
- Devon Da Costa, PhD Exercise Science candidate, UCT
- Evan Knight, PhD Exercise Science candidate, UCT
- Tim Klein, MSc Exercise Science candidate, UCT
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Can exercise be medicine? Exploring collaborative links in the health, wellness and pharmaceutical industry sectors. Read more: buff.ly/3hDtaq7 #pharmaceuticalindustry #fitness #health #wellness #sportscience #exercisescience #physicalactivity #medicine #sportsmedicine

Can exercise be medicine? Exploring collaborative links in the health, wellness and pharmaceutical industry sectors. 
Read more: buff.ly/3hDtaq7 
#pharmaceuticalindustry #fitness #health #wellness #sportscience #exercisescience #physicalactivity #medicine #sportsmedicine
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There are three factors used independently and together to measure running performance but the best measure of performance is still a simple time trial or a race as this type of test simulates the real world application of all three factors. Explained: buff.ly/3VFb6ed

There are three factors used independently and together to measure running performance but the best measure of performance is still a simple time trial or a race as this type of test simulates the real world application of all three factors. 

Explained: buff.ly/3VFb6ed
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Despite supplementation being poorly regulated, the industry is extremely popular and continues to grow. As consumers, it's important that we ask the right questions. This is a piece I wrote on label compliance within the supplementation industry.

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Unlike medication, supplementation is poorly regulated in South Africa and internationally, thus performance-enhancing supplementation is often entrusted to distributors and manufacturers to ensure product safety and efficacy. Read more here: buff.ly/3VSLKth #Supplement

Unlike medication, supplementation is poorly regulated in South Africa and internationally, thus performance-enhancing supplementation is often entrusted to distributors and manufacturers to ensure product safety and efficacy.  
Read more here: buff.ly/3VSLKth #Supplement
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The proposed “quick fix” to bypass having to undergo weeks of a ketogenic diet is to eat ketone bodies (i.e., exogenous ketones). Claims that #ketosis can be achieved within a few hours instead of weeks - But how effective are exogenous ketones? Read more: buff.ly/3BiJfZf

The proposed “quick fix” to bypass having to undergo weeks of a ketogenic diet is to eat ketone bodies (i.e., exogenous ketones). Claims that #ketosis can be achieved within a few hours instead of weeks - But how effective are exogenous ketones? Read more: buff.ly/3BiJfZf
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The topic of loosing weight may seem like a simple science of “calories in vs calories out”, but it is way more complex than you think. Despite the years of extensive research there are many questions that remain up for debate. Here we discuss them: buff.ly/3R2JZsk

The topic of loosing weight may seem like a simple science of “calories in vs calories out”, but it is way more complex than you think. Despite the years of extensive research there are many questions that remain up for debate. Here we discuss them: buff.ly/3R2JZsk