Strength athletes who use anabolic steroids rupture their tendons a whopping 9 times more often than strength athletes who stay clean, write researche...
Protein requirement of over 65s is higher
Men and women over 65 need more protein than nutritionists advise. That’s the message in two studies that Canadian nutritionists have published ...
Stress and fatigue reduce testosterone just as much as age does
Age is an important factor that determines the amount of testosterone circulating in men’s bodies, but it’s not the only one. American arm...
Betaine May Make Muscles and Bones Stronger
Betaine, a bodybuilding supplement, which has been shown in small studies to have an anabolic effect on muscle tissue, may also help to strengthen bon...
Q10 & Selenium Supplementation Raises IGF-1 Levels by 20%
Supplementation with selenium – a trace element that most westerners don’t consume enough of – and the co-enzyme Q10 boosts the IGF-...
Children and Type 1 Diabetes
by Matt Weik There are things in life that simply aren’t fair—one of which is childhood illness. Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong battle for those diagno...
Phosphatidylserine and Athletic Performance
Genuine advances in sports nutrition are rare, which is why the discovery back in the 90s that creatine supplementation really did improve anaerobic p...
How Much Protein Do We Need as We Age?
by Matt Weik Here’s one thing we can all count on—we aren’t getting any younger. In an effort to not look and feel older than we really are, we turn t...
Bodybuilding with protein-rich diet is healthier
Strength training will result in more muscle mass when combined with a protein-rich diet. Nothing new here, but that strength training combined with a...
Biggest study on cardiovascular side effects of steroids brings bad news for users
A small number of human studies, a large number of case studies and loads of animal studies have already shown that anabolic steroids are not good for...
Keratin hydrolysate as sports supplement
Endurance athletes – and perhaps strength athletes too – may perform better if they use supplements containing hydrolysed keratin. Sports ...
Meal Timing Study Says Don’t Eat at Night?
by Matt Weik With broscience running all over the fitness industry, we came to find out that meal timing and frequency really means nothing these days...
Live longer if your diet contains lots of vitamin K
The more vitamin K [structural formula on the right] you consume through your diet, the less likely you are to die from a heart attack or cancer. Span...
Bodybuilding Can Slow the Aging Process at the Cellular Level
by Matt Weik There’s no getting around it… Father Time is a bitch. He doesn’t care how nice you are. He doesn’t care how much money you have in the ba...
Live two years longer with extra vitamin E
According to most scientists, alpha-tocopherol (one form of vitamin E) supplementation is useless. The Finnish ATBC trial (1985-1993), for example, sh...
Coffee is healthy, but not caffeine
Do you also feel hung over and shaky if you train after drinking a pre-workout formula that’s full of caffeine? It can’t be healthy we fea...
Childhood Obesity and Video Games
by Matt Weik Obesity rates are on the climb and we need to get things under control. Even worse, more and more kids are becoming overweight and obese ...
