Category: Health
Sleep better by doing strength training
Having sleep problems? Strength training can help, sports scientists at Appalachian State University in the US discovered. According to their study, [...]
Maintain muscle mass and live longer
If you want to reach a ripe old age in good health, make sure you maintain your muscle mass. With age, muscle mass protects us against dying. At leas [...]
Eating more than 45 g protein per meal won’t get you more muscle
The results of the study that sports scientists at the University of Mississippi published in Clinical Nutrition may seem obvious to regular readers [...]
Nicotinamide riboside extends life expectancy and rejuvenates muscles
On boards and forums you can read posts by bodybuilders and fitness fanatics who experiment with daily doses of 500 mg nicotinamide riboside. It's th [...]
Raspberry ketone: lose weight and strengthen your bones at the same time
Raspberry ketone, a compound found in weight loss supplements, may also make bones stronger, according to an in-vitro study that researchers at Ehime [...]
Aloe vera as a slimming supplement
Too fat? Take two aloe vera capsules at breakfast and another two with lunch. Do that for two months and guess what? You lose almost a kilo of fat an [...]
Strong muscles = strong immune system
The riper the age you reach, the worse your immune system functions, and it declines more each year. At a certain point it becomes so weak that a sim [...]
400-mg capsule of L-ornithine improves sleep
If, every evening before going to sleep, you take a capsule containing 400 mg L-ornithine, the quality of your sleep will gradually improve. You'll f [...]
Green tea inhibits cortisol synthesis
Green tea is a cortisol inhibitor, and it may well be a very effective one. Pharmacologists at University Medical School Schleswig-Holstein in German [...]
High-intensity cardio too much for obese people
They are wildly popular, the fast but high-intensity fitness training sessions that gyms advertise to lure new members. The promise of a fitter, sli [...]
You benefit from strength training just as much in your 60’s as in your 30’s
If men in their sixties start doing strength training they don't build up just as much muscle mass as men in their thirties do. But we shouldn't exag [...]
Soya protein + HMB has same anabolic effect as whey
There are now a respectable number of studies that show that whey has a slighter stronger anabolic effect than soya protein. But researchers at Aarh [...]
Endurance athletes perform better if they avoid these foods
Onions, soya, beans and pistachio nuts are all healthy, but endurance athletes are better off avoiding them in the week before a race, according to [...]
Do anabolic steroids increase life expectancy?
Anabolic steroids may increase life expectancy because they delay aging. On the other hand they may increase the risk of cancer in a much more fundam [...]
How to look younger than you really are
If you are no longer a spring chicken (and a tad vain too) you probably want to look younger than you are. According to a Danish study published in [...]
