Category: Supplements
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 [...]
Daily dose of Echinacea lengthens life expectancy
If you give mice two milligrams of Echinacea purpurea every day from adolescence onwards, the animals reach a greater age, researchers at McGill Unive [...]
Ginkgo prolongs life
If elderly people took ginkgo daily their chances of death would decrease, researchers from the French Université de Bordeaux found when they followed [...]
More stamina with 3g L-arginine-L-aspartate per day
Imagine your body being able to take up more oxygen, and burn less sugar and more fat. According to a study done at the University of Innsbruck in 200 [...]
DMBA: unknown amphetamine-like substance found in 13 supplements
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have found a stimulant that is related to DMAA in a dozen supplements. The stuff is called 1,3-dimethylbutylamin [...]
Creatine keeps inactive muscle strength up
Broken your arm recently? Has an injury stopped you from training for a while? Or just no time to train? If you're worried about losing muscle bulk an [...]
Old-fashioned calcium HMB works better than HMB Free Acid, says rival
HMB Free Acid, the miracle supplement that enables bodybuilders to gain 7 kg hard muscle in a couple of months, is now available in webstores. And jus [...]
Ecdysteroids curb growth of fat tissue
More plus factors for the ecdysteroids: the steroid compounds in spinach-type plants not only have an anabolic effect, but also curb the growth of fat [...]
Kelp has anti-estrogenic effect
Kelp, or bladderwrack seaweed – scientific name Fucus vesiculosus – has an anti-estrogenic effect. Substances found in kelp delay the manufacture of e [...]
Vitamin D delays aging at genetic level
The more vitamin D in your body, the younger your DNA is, researchers at the London School of Medicine suggest in the American Journal of Clinical Nut [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
