Category: Health
Overweight and depressed? Hypericum perforatum kills two birds with one stone
You are probably familiar with Hypericum perforatum as a herb that has a mild antidepressant effect, but according to researchers at Banaras Hindu [...]
Stressed out strength athletes take longer to recover post-workout
Strength athletes under long-term psychological stress need more days for their muscles to recover after training than do athletes who are not und [...]
Muscle mass extends life expectancy
If you do heavy physical work or weight training, you'll not only make your body more muscled and stronger, but you'll also make it last longer. Musc [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Creatine has a similar effect in your brain as in your muscles
Strength athletes use creatine to get more reps out of their sets, and thus speed up their muscle growth. Creatine has a similar effect in your brai [...]
EGCG and caffeine supplement keeps the cold out
If you want to enjoy the winter more but can't stand the cold, physiologists at Hôpital Montfort in Canada have an interesting suggestion for you. Tak [...]
Suffer from continuous colds? Try vitamin D3
Do you suffer continuously from colds? Do you cough every night in bed? Do you go from one course of antibiotics to the next? According to immunolog [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]