Category: Studies
Three grams of glycine improves your sleep
If you take 3 grams of glycine an hour before going to bed, you'll sleep better. Researchers at the Japanese ingredients manufacturers Ajinomoto disc [...]
More sleep can double your testosterone level
Older men can sometimes double their testosterone levels by getting more sleep, according to a human study that Plamen Penev of the University of Chic [...]
Why pistachio nuts work in a weight-loss diet
If you are trying to lose weight by following a not-too-strict diet, a bowl of salty snacks can undermine your success. Pistachio nuts are a better c [...]
Melissa officinalis is a smart drug
The brain works better after a single high dose of Melissa officinalis. The memory function improves, discovered psychologists at Northumbria Univers [...]
Recover faster: strength training first, cardio afterwards
If you combine strength training with cardio exercise, you probably start your workouts with the strength training and finish with the cardio. That us [...]
Lower fat percentage with sufficient magnesium in diet
Sixty percent of the inhabitants of developed countries ingest less magnesium than is healthy. As a result they put down fat reserves more easily, acc [...]
Recover faster: strength training first, cardio afterwards
If you combine strength training with cardio exercise, you probably start your workouts with the strength training and finish with the cardio. That us [...]
Strength training works even with a low protein intake
If you do weight training, nothing helps you more than making sure you have a high-protein diet. So that's that you might think. But what happens if [...]
The calming effect of tamoxifen
Tamoxifen, the active ingredient in the antioestrogenic drug Nolvadex, makes you calmer. So calm in fact that psychiatrists would like to use tamo [...]
Fish oil helps athletes’ immune system to fight cancer cells
Intensive training reduces the activity of immune cells that destroy pathogens and cancer cells. That's why athletes are more likely to fall prey [...]
Stomach reduction helps testosterone level but not erection
If extremely obese men lose weight after having a stomach reduction, their testosterone levels rise to levels found in healthy, slim men. But the ere [...]
Waist measurement says more about health than BMI
Are you too fat or not? You're better off answering this question with a tape measure than a weighing scale. According to obesity researchers at the [...]
Sulforaphane – a natural anticatabolic
If you train to the point of exhaustion you may benefit from taking a supplement containing sulforaphane, a compound that occurs naturally in brassic [...]
Green tea has a slightly anabolic effect on strength athletes
Strength training stimulates the build up of muscle tissue and the burning of body fat. Both effects are boosted if you combine your strength traini [...]
Added leucine makes wheat protein as anabolic as whey
A protein that athletes rightly turn their nose up at – because it doesn't provide the optimal amino acids for muscle building – becomes a lot more [...]