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Month of weight training with prohormone 3-beta-hydroxy-5-alpha-androst-1-en-17-one: four lean kgs' gain
A couple of years after the American governme [...]
1941: PABA returns colour to grey hair
If you go looking for supplements that help prevent hair from greying, sooner or later you'll come across PABA – or to give it its full name para-amin [...]
High-intensity interval resistance training boosts EPOC
Strength athletes burn more calories than normal for days after a training session thanks to the EPOC effect. Italian researchers at the University of [...]
How propolis kills breast cancer cells
Propolis is a sticky substance that bees make and which they use to seal the inside of their hives. Supplements manufacturers put the same propolis in [...]
The DNP effect of anacardic acid in cashew nuts
The most effective and also most dangerous slimming aid available on the black market is dinitrophenol, or DNP for short [structural formula on the ri [...]
Combination of L-lysine and L-arginine reduces stress and lowers cortisol levels
Supplementation with 2.34 g L-lysine and the same amount of L-arginine daily reduces psychological stress and lowers cortisol amounts in men's bodies. [...]
Trimethylglycine stimulates muscle growth via IGF-1
A dozen studies have now shown that trimethylglycine – which is the same as betaine – stimulates muscle growth. Italian researchers did in-vitro exper [...]
Post-workout whey shake with BCAAs more effective than milk
After a strength training session a shake containing 20 g whey and 1 g BCAAs stimulates muscle growth more than a glass of milk containing 6 g milk pr [...]
Half an hour a day of cardio works almost as well as an hour
For healthy but slightly overweight people in their twenties and thirties half an hour of cardio training a day has almost the same positive health ef [...]
L-Carnitine helps hair grow
Athletes are familiar with L-carnitine as an amino acid that stimulates muscle cells' burning of fatty acids and that boosts endurance performance. Th [...]
Swop your desk chair for a therapy ball, and keep slim
If you work at a desk job, you'd burn a couple of dozen more calories if you exchanged your chair for a therapy ball, write researchers at State Unive [...]
Fish oil can help bad acne
Capsules containing EPA-rich fish oil don't help mild acne, but may well be effective against serious forms of this skin problem. A small human study [...]
Every cup of coffee you drink diminishes your chances of prostate cancer
Coffee protects men against prostate cancer. Every cup of coffee that men drink per day reduces their chance of developing prostate cancer by 1-3 perc [...]
Chlorella protects liver against hepatitis-C virus
The hepatitis-C virus decimates your liver. Supplements containing Chlorella vulgaris may help protect the livers of infected individuals – a little, [...]
Rapid weight loss without losing muscle: combine intermittent fasting and cardio
Sports scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago may have stumbled on the best way for overweight people to lose weight. Their study suggest [...]
