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High glucose levels reduce testosterone production
If you have too much glucose in your blood, your body produces less testosterone. The mechanism involved has been shown in an in-vitro study published [...]
10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Turmeric and Curcumin
Although most nutritional supplements are ineffective, this is not the case with turmeric.
Many high quality studies show that it has major benefits f [...]
Eating red, processed meat: What scientists say
Recent reports warn about a link between eating red and processed meat and the risk of developing cancer in the gut. These reports have resulted in ne [...]
Nutrition, probiotics key factors for digestive health
A healthy and balanced diet, as well as probiotics, have been known to be helpful in preserving gastrointestinal health for quite a long time. But it [...]
Raloxifene: anti-oestrogen that boosts lean body mass and reduces fat
Tamoxifen, an effective anti-oestrogen that's popular among doping users, has a drawback. For women at least, in the longer term, its use reduces lean [...]
Whey only counteracts growth-reducing effect of alcohol a little
If you drink alcohol [structural formula on the right] after a training session it gets in the way of the anabolic processes taking place. Drinking a [...]
Lychee extract boosts athletes’ endurance capacity
Endurance athletes who take 200 mg lychee extract daily for a month can keep going for longer at a high level of intensity. Korean researchers at Seou [...]
Higher levels of Omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep, study shows
Higher levels of omega-3 DHA, the group of long-chain fatty acids found in algae and seafood, are associated with better sleep, shows a randomized [...]
High-thiamine diet reduces chance of depression
Yesterday we wrote about an experiment done in the 1990s in which a supplement containing 50 mg thiamine – alias vitamin B1 – improved the mood of the [...]
Abdominal fat accumulation prevented by unsaturated fat
New research shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat. This is the first study on humans to show that the fat [...]
Magnesium and vitamin B6 combination mitigates ADHD
For everyone with ADHD, the study that neurologists at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Nimes, France, published in 2006 seems to good to be tr [...]
Stretch and anabolic steroid combination produces muscle growth
Imagine: an injury means you can't train for a while, but you can use anabolic steroids. In this hypothetical situation you can maintain more muscle m [...]
Lonely men have higher testosterone levels
Men who socialise more produce less testosterone than men who live an isolated existence. It's possible to deduce this from an animal study that resea [...]
Strength training helps keep post-menopausal women slim
Women who are past the menopause gain 0.7 kg weight every year. And their waist measurement increases by 0.7 cm each year too. [Am J Epidemiol. 2004 N [...]
50 mg vitamin B1 supplement improves your mood and speeds up your reactions
Vitamin B1 – chemists call it thiamine – is a mental pep pill. The British psychologist reached this conclusion in the 1990s. Benton got female studen [...]
