Category: Supplements
Anabolic effect of ecdysterone strong enough to put it on the doping list
Ecdysterone, a steroid-like substance found in spinach, quinoa and bodybuilding supplements, has a stronger anabolic effect than scientists suspected. [...]
Daily 1500 mg arachidonic acid makes strength athletes stronger and bulkier
Take any bodybuilder from a gym and give him a bottle of capsules containing arachidonic acid. Get him to take 1500 mg a day of this fatty acid and as [...]
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 conclusion [...]
How multi-vitamins can help you stay slim
The worldwide decline in vitamin intake is contributing to the increase in the number of overweight people. Scientists at the French research institut [...]
Methoxivone has powerful oestrogenic effect
Bodybuilding supplements containing methoxivone may have an exceptionally strong oestrogenic effect. Irish researchers at Queen's University Belfast i [...]
Borassus aethiopum for bodybuilders?
If you've made the effort to read this post, you may well have a pitch-black bottle of BPI's Solid in your kitchen. One of its ingredients is an extra [...]
Diosgenin, the plant steroid in Smilax and Yam
Twenty or thirty years ago, thousands of bodybuilders took extracts from plants such as Smilax officinalis [sarsaparilla] and Dioscorea esculenta [wil [...]
The anticatabolic effect of glycine
Sports food manufacturers do nothing with the amino acid glycine. To them glycine is at best a pricey filling agent. But this image is not justified, [...]
Human study: Ashwagandha boosts testosterone level
If infertile men take one capsule containing Ashwagandha – Latin name Withania somnifera – every day for a couple of months, their testosterone level [...]
Citrus extract Sinetrol reduces fat mass but increases lean body mass
About five years ago we wrote a piece on the slimming supplement Sinetrol, about the fact that it could help you lose up to half a kilogram a week. An [...]
Clever appetite suppressant slimming combo: Citrus aurantium and Rhodiola rosea
An effective slimming supplement doesn't have to be packed full with potentially hazardous stimulants. A carefully balanced combination of Citrus aura [...]
Allopurinol helps prevent football injuries
We can imagine that football clubs might soon be asking their costly football players to take allopurinol, a medicine for gout. Our prediction comes a [...]
Get fitter if you use HMB Free Acid with your high-intensity interval training
If the studies done by Metabolic Technologies are to be believed then the muscle-strengthening effect of HMB Free Acid is comparable to that of anabol [...]
Sodium bicarbonate for strength training?
Imagine: a gym near you organises a competition in which you have to do as many reps as possible of bench presses using your own bodyweight. In a case [...]
Diet with less sodium and more potassium has slight slimming effect
If there is relatively less sodium and more potassium in your diet you'll automatically be a little slimmer. The link between slimness and the sodium- [...]