Category: Science
Strength athletes don’t need at-failure sets to achieve growth
Even if strength athletes don't squeeze all the reps possible out of their sets they can still give their muscles the growth stimulus they need, and b [...]
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 [...]
More fat burnt in a cardio session with salbutamol
A dose of salbutamol – the active ingredient in medicines for asthma such as Ventolin – doesn't increase the total amount of energy you use during a c [...]
Animal study: vitamin C protects prostate of steroids users
A daily dose of 1 - 1.5 g vitamin C [structural formula shown below] may protect steroids users against prostate cancer. Lower doses may protect the p [...]
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 [...]
Meta-study: vitamin D supplementation boosts muscle strength
Vitamin D not only plays a key role in maintaining bone strength, it also plays an important role in muscle growth. Because almost everyone suffers fr [...]
HMB inhibits muscle atrophy by corticosteroids
Corticosteroids such as dexamethason and prednison are powerful anti-inflammatories, but they also cause muscles to atrophy – and that's less good new [...]
Anti-oxidants stimulate muscle protein synthesis in elderly
Just like old people, elderly rats lose muscle mass because their bodies make less muscle protein. Researchers at INRA in France have discovered that [...]
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 [...]
More IGF-1 in muscle tissue with creatine
Men and women weight trainers manufacture more of the anabolic hormone IGF-1 in their muscle cells. If they take creatine as well, the production of I [...]
Hydrated body burns more fat, less protein
In a somewhat older study researchers raised liquid levels in their test subjects and measured the effect on their metabolism. The subjects’ burned mo [...]
Blood flow restriction sets at the end of a workout build more strength
Strength athletes can build up more strength by adding four light sets of squats or bench presses to their workout schedule. But it'll only work if th [...]
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 [...]
Aronia reduces cellulite
A capful of super-berry Aronia juice a day can reduce not too serious types of cellulite. Serbian researchers discovered this when they gave Aronia ju [...]