Category: Studies
Abdominal fat accumulation prevented by unsaturated fat
New research shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat. This is the first study on humans to show that the fat [...]
Magnesium and vitamin B6 combination mitigates ADHD
For everyone with ADHD, the study that neurologists at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Nimes, France, published in 2006 seems to good to be tr [...]
Stretch and anabolic steroid combination produces muscle growth
Imagine: an injury means you can't train for a while, but you can use anabolic steroids. In this hypothetical situation you can maintain more muscle m [...]
Lonely men have higher testosterone levels
Men who socialise more produce less testosterone than men who live an isolated existence. It's possible to deduce this from an animal study that resea [...]
Strength training helps keep post-menopausal women slim
Women who are past the menopause gain 0.7 kg weight every year. And their waist measurement increases by 0.7 cm each year too. [Am J Epidemiol. 2004 N [...]
50 mg vitamin B1 supplement improves your mood and speeds up your reactions
Vitamin B1 – chemists call it thiamine – is a mental pep pill. The British psychologist reached this conclusion in the 1990s. Benton got female studen [...]
1-Andro aka ~ 3-beta-hydroxy-5-alpha-androst-1-en-17-one
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 [...]
