ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mauro Di Pasquale has been a respected member of the international sports community for
the last 25 years as an athlete, administrator and physician. Today he is one of the most influential
voices on drug use in sports as well as one of the top experts in sports nutrition in the world.
He was a world class athlete for over 20 years, winning the World Championships in Powerlifting
in 1976 and the World Games in 1981. During his athletic career he was also Canadian champion
8 times, Pan American champion twice, and North American champion twice.
It was as an athlete that Dr. Di Pasquale began the search for an alternative to performance-
enhancing drugs that led him to the Anabolic Diet. Later, during his 8-year tenure as Chairman
of the International Powerlifting Federation’s Medical Committee, and his two-year tenure as
Medical Director and Drug Program Advisor for the now-disbanded World Bodybuilding
Federation (WBF), he continued work on the diet while developing the two Federation’s drug
testing protocols and procedures.
Today he serves as Medical Director and Drug Program Advisor for the World Wrestling
Federation (WWF), and Medical Review Officer for the National Association for Stock Car
Auto Racing (NASCAR).
Dr. Di Pasquale has published several books focusing on drug use and athletic performance,
including Drug Use and Detection in Amateur Sports, Beyond Anabolic Steroids, and Anabolic
Steroid Side Effects, Fact, Fiction and Treatment. He’s also provided hundreds of articles on drug
use, nutrition, and sports medicine to a variety of international magazines and journals.
As editor-in-chief of a new quarterly newsletter entitled DRUGS IN SPORTS, he continues
to bring his message to the international sports community. DRUGS IN SPORTS is now
publishing editions in English, Spanish and Italian.
His research and work in the areas of athletic training, performance, and the treatment of
sports-related injuries have also won him praise from athletes, trainers and other researchers.
He is a licensed physician in Ontario, Canada, specializing in Sports Medicine, and is certified
in North America as a Medical Review Officer and a Master of Fitness Sciences.
Dr. Di Pasquale holds an honors degree in biological science, majoring in molecular
biochemistry, and a medical degree from the University of Toronto. As an assistant professor at
the university, he lectures on athletic performance and drug use in sports. He’s also actively
involved in hormonal research at the University of Toronto and Medical Forces Research Base.
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