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The best high-protein slimming diet contains lots of taurine and glycine
If you're looking to lose a couple of pounds of fat, a high-protein diet is often the best option. But what's the best kind of protein for weight lo [...]
Why bodybuilders who still smoke should use BCAA’s
Smoking is bad for pretty much everything, and that includes your muscles. Researchers at Nara Medical University in Japan made an interesting dis [...]
Onion juice: helps boost rats’ testosterone, has pro-sexual effect
If Iranian animal studies are anything to go by, fresh onion juice increases testosterone concentrations in the blood. Jordanian researchers have con [...]
Curcumin boosts testosterone level
A not even terribly high dose of curcumin – the principal bioactive ingredient in turmeric powder – causes a steep rise in the amount of testosterone [...]
Why intense cardio training usually doesn’t work
Fitness trainers probably do better by not getting unfit people to start doing very intensive exercise, but instead starting them off at a moderately [...]
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 publishe [...]
Bodybuilders manage twenty percent more reps with beetroot juice
Beetroot juice is not only a good supplement for endurance athletes. Bodybuilders and other strength athletes can train more intensively by adding b [...]
7.12 g leucine daily stops muscle loss in elderly
Leucine As we age we lose muscle mass. How and why the process of aging causes muscles to break down scientists still don't know, but perhaps they do [...]
Achieve better performance on low-carb diet by using L-carnitine
Athletes on a low-carbohydrate diet may benefit – in the first few weeks at least – from taking a supplement containing the amino acid L-carnitine. T [...]
Cacao flavonoid (-)-epicatechin inhibits myostatin and strengthens muscles
Cacao contains (-)-epicatechin [structural formula to the right], a flavonoid that improves endurance performance in diabetes, animals studies have s [...]
Alpha-GPC gave man (79) uncontrollable libido
Neurologists sometimes use supplements containing L-alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine – Alpha-GPC for short – to treat early and mild forms of dementi [...]
Taking testosterone? Cacao protects your prostate
Phenols found in cacao can help users of testosterone, and possibly also other anabolic steroids, to protect their prostate. Animal studies funded by [...]
Six things you can do to if you want to live to a hundred
If you are 60 you can triple your chances of reaching 71 if your lifestyle includes the following six criteria: you don't smoke, you eat healthily, [...]
Cardio training boosts the effect of strength training on muscle growth
Under some conditions athletes can build up more muscle mass by combining strength training with cardio training, than by doing strength training al [...]
Can you isolate the pecs with the dumbbell press? Not really…
Many bodybuilders regard the dumbbell press as an isolation exercise which they can use specifically to train their pectorals and to deactivate othe [...]
