Category: Studies
Vitamin D helps maintain muscle after 50
People in their 50s who don't do any exercise or physical work lose a little bit of muscle and with it strength as the years pass. Taking a moderate [...]
20gram Whey shake for easier fatloss
Athletes who do weight training and want to lose weight can keep their appetite under control – and therefore also increase the chance of their weig [...]
Boost Irisin levels strength training
Irisin is a hormone that breaks down fat tissue, inhibits cancer cell development and delays aging processes. According to sports scientists at Seou [...]
Fight fat with half a gram of Rutin
You may have heard of rutin as a compound that protects blood vessels, but according to South Korean researchers the same stuff may offer protection [...]
Citrulline increases muscle mass and reduces fat
If you are heading towards old age, a daily dose of the alpha amino acid L-citrulline may help reduce the amount of fat and increase the amount of mu [...]
Guarana helps with Tamoxifen hot flashes
If the amount of steroid hormones in your brain suddenly decreases - for example because you're taking an anti-oestrogen like tamoxifen - you can st [...]
Vitamin B5 the Testosterone Vitamin
Vitamin B5 – aka pantothenic acid – is involved in the production of testosterone, researchers at Gifu University in Japan discovered. The animal st [...]
Supplementing with Cinnamon extract to increase muscle mass
Even if you do no exercise you can build up more than a kilogram of muscle in four months if you take a supplement containing cinnamon extract. Nutri [...]
Lose fat and gain lean muscle with melatonin
Long-term supplementation with a low dose of melatonin reduces fat reserves by a couple of kilograms and increases lean body mass by almost the same [...]
Nigella sativa boosts testosterone level (Human study)
A daily dose of 2grams ground Nigella sativa seeds can raise men's testosterone levels by thirty percent. Researchers at the University of Tikrit in [...]
Reduce alcohol induced performance dips with Vitamin C
Alcohol and sport don't go well together. A training session done after drinking alcohol is by definition a bad training session - and for every yea [...]
Soften a hangover with 3grams of L-cysteine
If you drink more alcohol than is good for you, a supplement containing a couple of grams of L-cysteine might help reduce the inevitable hangover. We [...]
Prevent heart attacks with Lycopene and beta-carotene
Men who eat lots of carrots and tomato juice are less likely to have a heart attack than men who don't, according to an epidemiological study that F [...]
Dementia chances increased with lack of sleep
A lifestyle with too little sleep is likely to lead to dementia, neuroscientists at Columbia University write in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Di [...]
Boost testosterone levels with Black Seed Oil
Some time ago we wrote about an Iranian animal study in which a supplement containing Nigella sativa boosted testosterone levels. But the dose used w [...]