Category: Science
Weight-gain cherry diet: more muscle mass, less fat
What blueberries can do, cherries can do too. Researchers at the University of Michigan published a study in which rats that had been fattened with a [...]
The slimming effect of drinking water at mealtimes
If you want to lose weight you're best off drinking ordinary water with your meals. This way you'll automatically consumer fewer calories than if you [...]
Less carbs, better memory
A diet from which you derive energy mainly from fats and proteins, and not from carbohydrates, improves memory function in elderly people. Neuroscient [...]
Extreme protein intake reduces fat mass
Bodybuilders who already consume sufficient protein, and who boost their daily protein intake to 3-4 g per kg bodyweight, will not become more muscled [...]
Grape Seed Extract protects against prostate cancer
Men who take high doses of Grape Seed Extract over a longer period are 62 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men who don't take the s [...]
Rutin boosts endurance capacity
Rutin, a flavonoid found in large quantities in our food and also easily available in supplement form, has been shown in animal studies to be an effec [...]
Aging shrinks your brains; cardio makes them grow
After the age of thirty your brain starts to shrink. The process starts very, very slowly, but as you get older the rate at which this happens starts [...]
Half a gram of rutin a day can fight fat
You may have heard of rutin as a compound that protects blood vessels, but according to South Korean researchers the same stuff may offer protection a [...]
Single dose of triptorelin gets bodybuilder’s hormones going again
Italian endocrinologists managed to restore the natural testosterone production of a bodybuilder whose sex hormone production had shut down after 13 y [...]
More vitamin K2, more testosterone
The list of supplements that boost testosterone production has just got a little longer. Nutritionists at Tohoku University in Japan say that male rat [...]
L-Citrulline versus exhaustion
If you take the amino acid L-citrulline [structural formula shown below] in combination with intensive exertion you can postpone the moment of exhaust [...]
Beta-Alanine helps against anxiety
Exam nerves? Agoraphobia? Scared of the dark? A Japanese study has shown that you can overcome anxiety more easily by taking beta-alanine. And, if the [...]
Hericium erinaceus: the memory mushroom that makes athletes fitter
You can buy supplements with extracts of the mushroom Hericium erinaceus in online stores. They are especially popular with people wanting to improve [...]
Recovery from a Deca cycle can take up to a year
For chemical athletes who have taken a cycle of nandrolone decanoate, re-establishing their hormonal balance can take longer than you'd expect. Swedis [...]
LG121071, ACP-105 and LGD-3303: three SARMs you probably haven’t heard of
SARMs such as S4, MK-2866, LGD-4033, YK11 and RAD140 are familiar names in the chemical sports world, and no doubt there are many more on the horizon. [...]