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Same amount of protein at every meal gives optimal muscle synthesis
Most people cram most of their daily protein into their evening meal, and consume relatively little protein at breakfast and lunch. If all three meals [...]
Strength training increases success of attempts to quit smoking
People who stop smoking are more often successful if they start strength training at the same time. Researchers at Brown University in the US think th [...]
Clever appetite suppressant slimming combo: Citrus aurantium and Rhodiola rosea
An effective slimming supplement doesn't have to be packed full with potentially hazardous stimulants. A carefully balanced combination of Citrus aura [...]
Allopurinol helps prevent football injuries
We can imagine that football clubs might soon be asking their costly football players to take allopurinol, a medicine for gout. Our prediction comes a [...]
Women with children have less testosterone
Testosterone levels of women react in the same way as those of men: a steady relationship lowers the level, and the arrival of child lowers it even fu [...]
Sleeping longer makes athletes faster
If athletes force themselves to sleep two hours longer every day, their reaction speed increases and they get faster. Sleep researchers at Stanford Un [...]
Lengthy cardio training stimulates growth hormone secretion more than strength training does
The results of a human study that researchers at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine will soon publish in Medicine & Science in S [...]
Get fitter if you use HMB Free Acid with your high-intensity interval training
If the studies done by Metabolic Technologies are to be believed then the muscle-strengthening effect of HMB Free Acid is comparable to that of anabol [...]
Lose four kg in a couple of days: and keep it off a year later
If you eat extremely little food for a couple of days and do lots of exercise and you're overweight, you can lose 4-5 kg. And yes: the positive effect [...]
Sodium bicarbonate for strength training?
Imagine: a gym near you organises a competition in which you have to do as many reps as possible of bench presses using your own bodyweight. In a case [...]
Diet with less sodium and more potassium has slight slimming effect
If there is relatively less sodium and more potassium in your diet you'll automatically be a little slimmer. The link between slimness and the sodium- [...]
Beta-Alanine supplementation makes soldiers more deadly in combat
Beta-Alanine supplements are not only useful for athletes. Scientists at the University of Central Florida discovered that soldiers function better to [...]
You’ll 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 [...]
Walking and running can halve the chance of brain cancer
Running and walking reduce the likelihood of your developing a brain tumour. Walking for 36-72 minutes every day or jogging for 15-30 minutes gives op [...]
Citicoline speeds up damaged nerve recovery
Citicoline – alias cytidine-5'-disphosphocholine – is a legal smart drug; it's a precursor of phosphatidylcholine and acetylcholine. According to an a [...]
