Category: Supplements
More vitamin D, more muscle mass
If you have an optimal amount of vitamin D in your blood – which surprisingly few people actually do – you'll have more muscle mass than if your vitam [...]
Fish oil capsules reduce fat rolls
If you give women 3 g of fish oil daily in capsule form, the fat around their middle shrinks. Researchers at Inserm in France discovered this when the [...]
Creatine boosts protective effect of resistance training on bone mass
Especially women, but men too, start to lose a little bone mass each year after the age of forty. The pace at which bone breaks down increases with ag [...]
Aloe vera as a slimming supplement
Too fat? Take two aloe vera capsules at breakfast and another two with lunch. Do that for two months and guess what? You lose almost a kilo of fat and [...]
Animal study: acerola inhibits growth of fat tissue
Bodybuilders are always on the look out for strategies that will help minimise the growth of fat reserves while they're on a high-calorie diet. An ani [...]
Body fat melts away with gum Arabic
Body fat melts away with gum Arabic
If you consume 30 g gum Arabic every day you can lose 1.5 kg body fat in six weeks – and gain almost 1 kg lean bod [...]
Supplement with lactic acid and caffeine makes athletes’ muscles bigger
If you and I even vaguely resemble the lab rats that sports scientists at Ritsumeikan University in Japan use for their experiments, then it would see [...]
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 [...]
Low doses of ecdysteroids promote muscle building
The amounts of ecdysteroids in bodybuilding supplements are probably sufficient to stimulate growth of muscle mass, write endocrinologists at the Univ [...]
Taurine protects steroids users testes
Steroids users may prevent the decline of their testosterone and sperm production by using taurine. Egyptian pharmacologist Maha Ahmed of Misr Univers [...]
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 L [...]
L-Carnitine makes fasting easier and more effective
Fasting for a couple of days every so often is very healthy, but a lot of people find this really difficult. They feel hungry and tired. Doctors at th [...]
Creatine users have more DHT in their blood
Creatine [structural formula shown below] may increase muscle mass and strength through an additional mechanism and not just by increasing the amount [...]
Life extension, muscle tissue and irisin
Muscles release the protein irisin [structural formula shown below] into the bloodstream, and this amount is increased by physical exercise. Irisin in [...]
Meta-study: a high vitamin D level helps you live longer
People with high levels of vitamin D in their blood probably live longer than people with low amounts of vitamin D in their blood, according to an epi [...]