Category: Supplements
Vitamin C boosts breast cancer survival chances
Women diagnosed as having breast cancer are more likely to survive if they take large doses of vitamin C. And yes, they can take vitamin C in suppleme [...]
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 longe [...]
Irisin is the reason that exercise protects against cancer
The best non-medical cancer therapy is exercise, but we don't know exactly how exercise protects against cancer. Molecular biologists at the Universit [...]
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 ju [...]
Silk peptides boost stamina, oxygen uptake and fat burning
Right now silk peptides are mainly found in cosmetics, but sooner or later you'll start coming across them in sports supplements. At least, that's our [...]
Spirulina makes HIV-positive people healthier
African women who are infected with the HIV virus seem to become more healthy if they take 5 g Spirulina every day, nutritionists from Giessen in Germ [...]
Opuntia, the weight-loss cactus
You can buy them in any drugstore: slimming supplements containing fibre from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica. You can see the plant in the drawing be [...]
Supplement containing vitamin C makes it easier to do more exercise
If you keep on like this you'll get diabetes. Or your joints will give up because of your colossal belly. Or you'll die from a heart attack. You have [...]
Whey improves endurance athlete’s stamina
The tens of thousands of wonderful readers of this free web magazine are familiar with whey as an easily absorbed protein that promotes muscle recover [...]
Five cups of green tea daily rejuvenates skin
Women over 40 can make their skin younger-looking and softer by drinking five cups of green tea a day. Dermatologists at the University of Witten-Herd [...]
Only phosphatic acid from soya speeds up muscle growth
A daily dose of 750 mg phosphatic acid helps strength athletes build up strength and muscle mass faster. Sports scientists at the University of Tampa [...]
Aronia boosts thermogenesis
Do you wrap yourself up in sweaters while the rest of the world is still walking around in t-shirts? Then you probably have what traditional Asian hea [...]
Ginkgo keeps incorrigible fatties healthy
Obese people who are not prepared to do more exercise or eat more healthily should maybe start taking Ginkgo biloba. It might help keep their overweig [...]
Does Artemisia dracunculus boost the anabolic effect of insulin?
The plant Artemisia dracunculus contains substances that inhibit muscle breakdown in obese diabetics – and that can aid muscle development, according [...]
Lose weight with chlorophyll
Green vegetables such as spinach, curly kale and endive, and superfoods such as spirulina, chlorella and wheat grass all contain chlorophyll. If you c [...]