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Optimal resistance training: choose weights according to your energy level
The most effective way to do resistance training is to use a schedule in which you train using different weights each day. On one day you train for ex [...]
Cold brewed white tea contains most antioxidants
In Taiwan it's all the rage, and it's catching on elsewhere too: making tea by steeping leaves in cold water. Test-tube studies done at the Italian Un [...]
Ginkgo has anabolic effect on ageing muscles
Athletes who are no longer in the prime of their youth can do themselves a favour by taking extracts of the leaves of an ancient tree, Ginkgo biloba. [...]
Sinetrol: lose a pound a week with orange supplement
If we are to believe the article that has been published in Phytomedicine, there's a little known supplement on the market that helps those rolls of f [...]
Study: Echinacea helps against colds
Plant extracts of Echinacea purpurea increase immune cell production during a viral cold infection and help make the suffering more bearable. Nutritio [...]
Enzyme supplement speeds up muscle recovery
Supplements containing enzymes such as bromelain and papain speed up muscle recovery after exertion, write sports scientists from Baylor University in [...]
Higher doses of testosterone, less fat
The more testosterone you give men, the more fat they lose. Canadian and American endocrinologists describe the effect of a study in which they gave f [...]
Testicle size worries? Try a cycle of tamoxifen + Andriol
Taking steroids by definition reduces your body's own testosterone production, underground handbooks will tell you. Well, not necessarily. In the 1990 [...]
Grape Seed Extract inhibits aromatase
Supplements containing Grape Seed Extract (GSE) may well lower estradiol levels. This would make GSE an interesting supplement for athletes who want t [...]
Stressed out? Your cortisol level will explode after training
If you are experiencing a lot of psychological stress in your life – for example because there's been a death in your close family, you're going throu [...]
Live ten years longer with just one multivitamin pill per day
If you take a multivitamin and mineral supplement regularly you're likely to live ten years longer. At least, you'd think so if you read a study from [...]
More testosterone, less cortisol after training with phosphatidylserine
Phosphatidylserine [structure below] improves the body's hormonal response to training. Men given a daily dose of 600 mg for ten days in a row produce [...]
Heavily taxed heart beats more slowly with fish oil
Fish oil may help to improve performance during extreme aerobic exercise, when the heart is performing at its peak ability. We deduce this from a stud [...]
In vitro study: fish oil is anti-estrogenic
High doses of the fish fatty acid DHA may help protect the body from the impact of the female sex hormone estradiol. This is suggested by research don [...]
Three myostatin inhibitors available from your supplements supplier
Leucine, HMB and creatine probably all boost muscle growth because they reduce the functioning of myostatin, the protein that causes muscles to atroph [...]
