Category: Supplements
Ginkgo has anabolic effect on ageing muscles
Athletes who are no longer in the prime of their youth can do themselves a favour by taking extracts of the leaves of an ancient tree, Ginkgo biloba. [...]
Sinetrol: lose a pound a week with orange supplement
If we are to believe the article that has been published in Phytomedicine, there's a little known supplement on the market that helps those rolls of f [...]
Study: Echinacea helps against colds
Plant extracts of Echinacea purpurea increase immune cell production during a viral cold infection and help make the suffering more bearable. Nutritio [...]
Enzyme supplement speeds up muscle recovery
Supplements containing enzymes such as bromelain and papain speed up muscle recovery after exertion, write sports scientists from Baylor University in [...]
Grape Seed Extract inhibits aromatase
Supplements containing Grape Seed Extract (GSE) may well lower estradiol levels. This would make GSE an interesting supplement for athletes who want t [...]
Live ten years longer with just one multivitamin pill per day
If you take a multivitamin and mineral supplement regularly you're likely to live ten years longer. At least, you'd think so if you read a study from [...]
Heavily taxed heart beats more slowly with fish oil
Fish oil may help to improve performance during extreme aerobic exercise, when the heart is performing at its peak ability. We deduce this from a stud [...]
In vitro study: fish oil is anti-estrogenic
High doses of the fish fatty acid DHA may help protect the body from the impact of the female sex hormone estradiol. This is suggested by research don [...]
Three myostatin inhibitors available from your supplements supplier
Leucine, HMB and creatine probably all boost muscle growth because they reduce the functioning of myostatin, the protein that causes muscles to atroph [...]
The effect of ursolic acid on bodybuilders
If experienced strength athletes take 450 mg ursolic acid every day, they lose mainly body fat write Korean sports scientists in the Korean Journal of [...]
Fat burner carnitine needs carbohydrates
Going by what's written in physiology textbooks, you'd think that the amino acid L-carnitine [structure below] would be a fantastic supplement. Carnit [...]
Q10 combined with light exercise burns more fat
After taking a capsule containing 30 mg of the co-enzyme Q10 [structure shown below] your body spontaneously burns more fat. At least, if you combine [...]
SAM-e causes rise in testosterone
We came across this article by accident: over twenty years old and a test tube study at that, but nevertheless interesting. The article reports French [...]
Two years non-stop creatine without side effects
It's safe to take continuous not-too-high doses of creatine. Neurologists at the University of Munich conclude this from the longest-running, most com [...]
More fish fatty acids, more IGF-1
A diet that is relatively high in fish fatty acids is not only healthy, but also ergogenic. It raises the concentration of the anabolic hormone IGF-1 [...]
