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Life-extending effect of virgin olive oil shown in fat rats
Westerners are getting fatter and fatter. If they were to get most of their dietary fat from cold-pressed olive oil they might not lose weight, but th [...]
The more anabolic hormones your body produces, the longer you live
Your life expectancy grows, the more anabolic – and fewer catabolic – hormones your body produces. Researchers at Harvard Medical School reached this [...]
The effect of ursolic acid on bodybuilders
If experienced strength athletes take 450 mg ursolic acid every day, they lose mainly body fat write Korean sports scientists in the Korean Journal of [...]
Fat burner carnitine needs carbohydrates
Going by what's written in physiology textbooks, you'd think that the amino acid L-carnitine [structure below] would be a fantastic supplement. Carnit [...]
Q10 combined with light exercise burns more fat
After taking a capsule containing 30 mg of the co-enzyme Q10 [structure shown below] your body spontaneously burns more fat. At least, if you combine [...]
Short rest between strength-training sets results in more muscle
Bodybuilders and other strength athletes who rest for 1 minute between sets build more muscle mass, strength and speed than athletes who rest for 4 mi [...]
Milk, the white ladykiller
You can't have missed it, it's all over the news media: the epidemiological study that researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden published recently [...]
Study: hCG makes testes bigger, but no increase in testosterone
If men with low testosterone levels want to increase the size of their testicles, then hCG will do the job. But if these same men want to boost their [...]
SAM-e causes rise in testosterone
We came across this article by accident: over twenty years old and a test tube study at that, but nevertheless interesting. The article reports French [...]
Animal study: low-carb diet with lots of saturated fats cuts life expectancy
Not all nutritionists are happy with the idea, but it does look as though a low-carb diet can be healthy. Take a look in our archives. But that low-ca [...]
Two years non-stop creatine without side effects
It's safe to take continuous not-too-high doses of creatine. Neurologists at the University of Munich conclude this from the longest-running, most com [...]
Decorin – myostatin inhibitor and follistatin booster – is key factor in muscle growth
A few months ago a Norwegian-German research team published a study in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications about which in a quarter of [...]
Get more out of your steroids – lose weight first
The lower your body fat percentage, the more effective your testosterone-ester injections will be. Endocrinologists in Muenster, Germany, discovered t [...]
Optimal fruit and veg intake is a pound a day, says meta-study
People who want to live as long as possible should eat about a pound a day of fruit and vegetables. Chinese and American nutritionists draw this concl [...]
More fish fatty acids, more IGF-1
A diet that is relatively high in fish fatty acids is not only healthy, but also ergogenic. It raises the concentration of the anabolic hormone IGF-1 [...]
