Category: Studies
Opuntia, the weight-loss cactus
You can buy them in any drugstore: slimming supplements containing fibre from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica. You can see the plant in the drawing be [...]
Supplement containing vitamin C makes it easier to do more exercise
If you keep on like this you'll get diabetes. Or your joints will give up because of your colossal belly. Or you'll die from a heart attack. You have [...]
Live 12 percent longer on a low-glycemic diet
If you give elderly mice a low-glycaemic diet for the rest of their life they live 12 percent longer than mice given standard food. Researchers at Dea [...]
Weight loss: faster and healthier with 2 meals a day
Slimming goes better with two large meals a day than with six smaller meals researchers at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Pra [...]
Whey improves endurance athlete’s stamina
The tens of thousands of wonderful readers of this free web magazine are familiar with whey as an easily absorbed protein that promotes muscle recover [...]
Five cups of green tea daily rejuvenates skin
Women over 40 can make their skin younger-looking and softer by drinking five cups of green tea a day. Dermatologists at the University of Witten-Herd [...]
Daily half hour of meditation protects against burnout
If you are subject to continuous stress and are worried that sooner or later you're likely to succumb to depression or a burnout, maybe you should con [...]
Court hearing for CrossFit researchers
The American sports scientists Steven Devor and Michael Smith are being taken to court. In November 2013 they published a study on the effects of 10 w [...]
Only phosphatic acid from soya speeds up muscle growth
A daily dose of 750 mg phosphatic acid helps strength athletes build up strength and muscle mass faster. Sports scientists at the University of Tampa [...]
Aronia boosts thermogenesis
Do you wrap yourself up in sweaters while the rest of the world is still walking around in t-shirts? Then you probably have what traditional Asian hea [...]
Ginkgo keeps incorrigible fatties healthy
Obese people who are not prepared to do more exercise or eat more healthily should maybe start taking Ginkgo biloba. It might help keep their overweig [...]
Does Artemisia dracunculus boost the anabolic effect of insulin?
The plant Artemisia dracunculus contains substances that inhibit muscle breakdown in obese diabetics – and that can aid muscle development, according [...]
High frequency training works just as well as low frequency training
Bodybuilders gain just as much strength and muscle mass by following a traditional split schedule as they do if they train all muscle groups in one se [...]
Sets of 6-8 reps build up just as much strength as sets of 10-14 reps
Most bodybuilders train with sets of 6-8 reps using heavy weights, but some dissidents prefer to do sets of 10-14 reps using slightly lighter weights. [...]
CrossFit is not more effective than traditional fitness
CrossFit is a controversial but increasingly popular way of doing fitness, in which certified trainers get their pupils, in groups, to do exercises fr [...]
