Category: Science
Taurine protects steroids user’s testes
Steroids users may prevent the decline of their testosterone and sperm production by using taurine. Egyptian pharmacologist Maha Ahmed of Misr Unive [...]
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 [...]
Better NO boosters contain a combination of L-arginine and L-citrulline
Sports supplements with amino acids designed to boost the concentration of nitrogen monoxide [NO] work better if they contain not just L-arginine or [...]
Arachidonic acid boosts anabolic stimulus of strength training
Bodybuilders who take a daily supplement containing 1.5 g arachidonic acid will speed up their muscle growth. They'll develop strength and speed more [...]
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 [...]
GABA: body fat inhibitor and insulin booster
You can find capsules of gamma-aminobutyric acid [GABA] in almost every supplements shop. GABA promotes sleep and is a growth hormone enhancer, but G [...]
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 [...]
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 long [...]
Nicotinamide-riboside transforms muscle cells into super muscle cells
Muscles cells expend more energy and burn more fat when supplemented by the vitamin B3 analogue nicotinamide-riboside. This is suggested by an animal [...]
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 [...]
Overweight and depressed? Hypericum perforatum kills two birds with one stone
You are probably familiar with Hypericum perforatum as a herb that has a mild antidepressant effect, but according to researchers at Banaras Hindu [...]
Decline bench press better for pecs than incline bench press
The incline bench press is almost as popular in gyms as the flat bench press, while the decline bench press is often neglected. And that's a shame: [...]
Weight loss: faster and healthier with 2 meals a day than with 6
Slimming goes better with two large meals a day than with six smaller meals researchers at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in P [...]
The joint effect of strength training and ginger supplementation
Supplementation with ginger combined with strength training reduces the damage wreaked by aggressive molecules in fat people, but the combination [...]
Build muscles but eat little protein? Use L-citrulline
Athletes who for whatever reason don't eat much protein might benefit from L-citrulline [structural formula below]. We draw this tentative conclusio [...]