Mauro Di Pasquale

Mauro G. Di Pasquale, born in 1945, is an Italian-born Canadian powerlifter, bodybuilding author, columnist and low-carbohydrate diet advocate. He is an IPF world champion, a World Games champion and an eight-time Canadian champion in powerlifting. He was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto from 1988 to 1998, where he lectured and researched on athletic performance, nutritional supplements and drug use in sports, and he holds an honors degree in biological science from 1968 and a medical degree from 1971, both from the University of Toronto. He has written thousands of articles for bodybuilding and fitness magazines such as Muscle and Fitness and Iron Man.