Category: Nutrition
Pea protein: a fine way to build up muscle
If you do resistance training, then protein shakes made from pea protein work just as well as shakes made from whey protein. Researchers at the French [...]
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 Germany [...]
Stopped your low carb diet? The pounds fly back on
A diet that's low on carbs - like the Atkins diet - is still regarded as an effective way to lose weight. If you react well to a low-carb diet, it mig [...]
Drink two glasses of water and burn 23 kcal extra
You can lose weight by drinking ordinary tap water, according to researchers at the University Medicine Berlin. In the Journal of Clinical Endocrinolo [...]
Olive oil converts cholesterol more easily into testosterone
The more fat you eat, the more testosterone your body produces. More fat, more testosterone. The best source of testosterone boosting fat, Argentinean [...]
Burning fat with circuit training goes better with extra vitamin D
A supplement containing extra vitamin D can boost the positive effects of circuit training on body composition discovered sports scientists at Kyung H [...]
Black tea reduces muscle soreness after training
A supplement containing theaflavins [structural formula shown below] from black tea protects muscle cells from the effects of intensive exertions, wri [...]
Strict weight loss diet works better if you bend the rules occasionally
Many dieticians advise clients who are following a low-calorie diet to take it easy on pre-selected days and to eat whatever they want on those days. [...]
Drink three cups of tea a day and add five years to your life
Drinking tea makes your biological clock tick more slowly. That's why the molecular age of men over 65 who drink tea is five years younger than you'd [...]
Eighteen grams of whey before training increases your fat burning
You eat the same amount, and don't change your fat, protein or carbohydrate intake. But still you burn more fat and build up more muscle tissue. Yes, [...]
Cold brewed white tea contains most antioxidants
In Taiwan it's all the rage, and it's catching on elsewhere too: making tea by steeping leaves in cold water. Test-tube studies done at the Italian Un [...]
Life-extending effect of virgin olive oil shown in fat rats
Westerners are getting fatter and fatter. If they were to get most of their dietary fat from cold-pressed olive oil they might not lose weight, but th [...]
Fat burner carnitine needs carbohydrates
Going by what's written in physiology textbooks, you'd think that the amino acid L-carnitine [structure below] would be a fantastic supplement. Carnit [...]
Animal study: low-carb diet with lots of saturated fats cuts life expectancy
Not all nutritionists are happy with the idea, but it does look as though a low-carb diet can be healthy. Take a look in our archives. But that low-ca [...]
Polyunsaturated fatty acids make you slimmer and more muscular
For a few days now we, the unworldly compilers of this free web blog, have been immersed in studies on the effect of fatty acid composition in the die [...]
