Category: Science
Instant Ketosis?
by Patrick Arnold
In late 2010 a professor from a university in Florida approached me to see if I could synthesize a compound that he wanted to use i [...]
Ferulic acid improves performance over a period of consecutive days
It's found in coffee, but also in oranges, peanuts and apples. According to an animal study done by nutritionists at Chonnam National University in Ko [...]
L-Citrulline helps you hold on to muscle mass during a weight-loss diet
If you take a hefty portion of the amino acid L-citrulline just before going to sleep at night, it might help you to maintain muscle mass even though [...]
HMB bulks muscle without strength training
HMB can boost muscle strength and quality even if you don't do strength training. Sports scientist Jeffrey Stout, of the University of Central Florida [...]
Raw tomatoes boost HDL
If you eat 300g raw tomatoes every day for a month, the concentration of HDL – the 'good cholesterol' – in your blood rises by 14 percent. Researchers [...]
Animal study: weight loss a cinch with apple pulp
When apple juice is produced on an industrial scale apple pulp is left over. Right now most of this goes into animal feed, along with other waste prod [...]
The anti-catabolic effect of a couple of grams of L-carnitine
Supplementation with a few grams of L-carnitine daily may inhibit the molecular demolition machinery that breaks down your muscles. This is suggested [...]
Alcohol after strength training boosts testosterone levels
Sometimes, as a scientist, you make a discovery that you wish you hadn't made. If you publish your findings, you know that some people will interpret [...]
Now there’s proof: training for fat spot reduction doesn’t work
Even if you do a couple of hundred reps for each set of your triceps extensions, it won't help the fat on your upper arms to disappear. And you won't [...]
Physical exercise better anti-aging medicine than megadose of resveratrol
When it comes down to it, the aging process is merely a cascade of inflammatory reactions. Physical exercise can help reduce the inflammation, as can [...]
Eleutherococcus senticosus boosts endurance capacity: animal study
In most of the human studies published so far, extracts of Eleutherococcus senticosus – a plant you may recognise under the name of Siberian ginseng – [...]
Watching TV is unhealthy; using computer is not
A sedentary lifestyle leads to obesity, speeds up the body's decline and reduces life expectancy. But not all sedentary lifestyles are the same. Sitti [...]
Vitamin D3 boosts anabolic effect of leucine
Adding the amino acid leucine to protein-rich meals is perhaps the most effective supplementation strategy for strength athletes seeking to speed up m [...]
Green Coffee Bean extract makes weight loss diet more effective
Supplementation with an extract made from unroasted coffee beans – Green Coffee Bean Extract as it's called – can help overweight people who are on a [...]
Animal study: eleven hundred percent more testosterone and three hundred percent more growth hormone with Rubus coreanus
There's a burgeoning wine industry in Korea. It doesn’t use grapes but the fruit of Rubus coreanus, the equivalent of the western raspberry. Extracts [...]