Category: Health
Getting enough sleep gives better diet results
Your fat percentage is too high; you reduce your calorie intake and you hope and pray that you retain lean body mass and lose as much fat as possibl [...]
Cup of green tea with a meal makes it easier to eat less
You stay the same weight but you'd actually like to lose just a small amount. Not a lot, just a little – so that your excess fat just melts away wit [...]
Cauliflower, broccoli & bodybuilders
Bodybuilders, power lifters and other strength athletes may be able to build up more muscle if they eat a portion of cabbage-related vegetables ev [...]
The doping effect of 40g dark chocolate a day
Runners, cyclists and other athletes improve their performance capacity when they eat 40 g dark chocolate every day for two weeks. Researchers at King [...]
Live longer with Horny Goat Weed
Of all the supplements available on the market, Horny Goat Weed – Latin name Herba epimedii – has the raunchiest image. Flavonoid extracts of this pl [...]
Cinnamon boosts IGF-1, rejuvenates skin
A cinnamon supplement can help against skin aging, conclude biochemists at Osaka Prefecture University in Japan from a study in which they exposed ski [...]
Pycnogenol keeps skin young
The supplement Pycnogenol rejuvenates the skin. Researchers at the German Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine came to this conclusi [...]
Protein shake before bed stimulates muscle growth
Many athletes like to consume a last protein shake just before turning in for the night. This provides their muscles with extra amino acids while they [...]
Inhibit cortisol with cherries
Ageing is accompanied by a steady increase of the stress hormone cortisol, which is why elderly people often feel less well than when they were young. [...]
Fish oil supplement can make you fitter, slimmer and more muscular
Taking a fish oil supplement boosts calorie expenditure and fat burning while doing low-intensity exercise, and it stimulates the growth of muscle tis [...]
Vitamin S prolongs your life
Vitamin S – in other words, the total amount of social contact in your life – extends your life expectancy. But as you age, you need more and more, ac [...]
Weight loss through exercise is better for your bones than dieting
If you have a choice between losing weight by doing more exercise and losing weight by eating less, then the first option is best, for a number of rea [...]
High-protein diet does not cause kidney damage in the long term
The idea that a diet containing relatively high amounts of protein leads to kidney damage is persistent. And even this Australian study, in which the [...]
Lutein is a medicine against a sedentary lifestyle
Lack of exercise is an immense health problem that is on the increase. Even if their life literally depends on it, most people still refuse to start [...]
Physical activity lowers oestrogen levels
The more you move, the less oestrogen circulates through your body. Biostatisticians at the University of Maryland will soon publish the results of a [...]
