Category: Health
10 minutes of interval training 3 times weekly will make you fitter, healthier and slimmer
If you spend just ten minutes doing interval training three times a week you'll find yourself becoming noticeably fitter, healthier and slimmer. Can [...]
Is it better to combine a low-carb diet or a traditional slimming diet with strength training?
When you combine a traditional weight-loss diet with strength training you lose just as much fat and retain just as much muscle mass as you would on [...]
Half an hour exercise a day? Make that 3 hours!
We hear from scientists and health officers that we should all get at least half an hour of exercise a day to stay healthy. And if you already do tha [...]
Despite PCT anabolic steroid user’s hormone balance irreparably damaged
Average steroids users will have messed up their hormone balance beyond recovery after a few years, endocrinologists at Copenhagen University Hospit [...]
One testosterone injection and endogenous testosterone production plummets
The effect of using synthetic testosterone on the testosterone your own body produces is bigger than doctors think, according to Swedish endocrinolog [...]
Get simmer and more muscular with fish oil
Taking a fish oil supplement boosts calorie expenditure and fat burning while doing low-intensity exercise, and it stimulates the growth of muscle ti [...]
High-protein diet does not cause kidney damage
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 [...]
Lower cortisol levels with fish oil
A modest dose of one gram of fish oil per day lowers cortisol levels, write Italian researchers in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. The participa [...]
Lower oestrogen levels with physical activity
The more you move, the less oestrogen circulates through your body. Biostatisticians at the University of Maryland published the results of a study t [...]
Vitamin D helps maintain muscle after 50
People in their 50s who don't do any exercise or physical work lose a little bit of muscle and with it strength as the years pass. Taking a moderate [...]
Nigella sativa boosts testosterone level (Human study)
A daily dose of 2grams ground Nigella sativa seeds can raise men's testosterone levels by thirty percent. Researchers at the University of Tikrit in [...]
Reduce alcohol induced performance dips with Vitamin C
Alcohol and sport don't go well together. A training session done after drinking alcohol is by definition a bad training session - and for every yea [...]
Soften a hangover with 3grams of L-cysteine
If you drink more alcohol than is good for you, a supplement containing a couple of grams of L-cysteine might help reduce the inevitable hangover. We [...]
Prevent heart attacks with Lycopene and beta-carotene
Men who eat lots of carrots and tomato juice are less likely to have a heart attack than men who don't, according to an epidemiological study that F [...]
Dementia chances increased with lack of sleep
A lifestyle with too little sleep is likely to lead to dementia, neuroscientists at Columbia University write in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Di [...]
