Category: Health
Ginkgo prolongs life
If elderly people took ginkgo daily their chances of death would decrease, researchers from the French Université de Bordeaux found when they followed [...]
The kind of fat in your diet helps determine how much muscle mass you build up
If you gain weight, the kind of fat in your diet partly determines the amount of fat and the amount of muscle in your newfound kilograms. The unsatura [...]
Brewer’s yeast boosts endurance capacity
Supplements that contain lots of piece of genetic material – or nucleotides as theyr'e called – enhance athletes' endurance capacity, according to a h [...]
Obese teenagers benefit most from a combination of strength training and cardio
Severely overweight adolescents aged between 14 and 18 who want to lose weight and have enough will power to get up and exercise are best off combinin [...]
Kelp has anti-estrogenic effect
Kelp, or bladderwrack seaweed – scientific name Fucus vesiculosus – has an anti-estrogenic effect. Substances found in kelp delay the manufacture of e [...]
Vitamin D delays aging at genetic level
The more vitamin D in your body, the younger your DNA is, researchers at the London School of Medicine suggest in the American Journal of Clinical Nut [...]
Cup of coffee good for cholesterol levels
Large amounts of coffee are not good for the heart and blood vessels, but drinking just a couple of cups a day reduces the risk of cardiovascular dise [...]
Ursodeoxycholic acid restores anabolic liver
Mexican doctors managed to repair a bodybuilder's damaged liver using the bile acid ursodeoxycholic acid, UDCA for short. UDCA is a cholesterol regula [...]
Creatine extends lifespan of mice
Creatine extends the healthy lifespan of mice by ten percent, according to researchers at the German National Research Center for Environment and Heal [...]
Vitamin C boosts breast cancer survival chances
Women diagnosed as having breast cancer are more likely to survive if they take large doses of vitamin C. And yes, they can take vitamin C in suppleme [...]
Vitamin C maintains endurance athletes testosterone levels
Performing endurance sports reduces testosterone levels. [Eur J Appl Physiol. 2003 Apr;89(2):198-201.] This happens, for example, if you run for longe [...]
Irisin is the reason that exercise protects against cancer
The best non-medical cancer therapy is exercise, but we don't know exactly how exercise protects against cancer. Molecular biologists at the Universit [...]
Silk peptides boost stamina, oxygen uptake and fat burning
Right now silk peptides are mainly found in cosmetics, but sooner or later you'll start coming across them in sports supplements. At least, that's our [...]
Spirulina makes HIV-positive people healthier
African women who are infected with the HIV virus seem to become more healthy if they take 5 g Spirulina every day, nutritionists from Giessen in Germ [...]
Exercise prevents creakiness and illness in old age
While a lifestyle that includes lots of exercise helps you live longer, the effect is not very impressive. According to the animal study that Spanish [...]