Category: Supplements
Krill oil makes you more intelligent and prevents depression
Supplements containing krill oil improve mental health, neurologists at the University of Bergen in Norway discovered when they did experiments with r [...]
Cranberries help immune system fight colds and flu
If you drink half a litre of cranberry juice daily, you're more likely to emerge unscathed from the flu season. Nutritionists at the University of Flo [...]
Supplement containing ECGC, resveratrol and Grape Seed Extract shown to work
If you were to consume 282 mg EGCG, 200 mg resveratrol, 92 mg Grape Seed Extract and 25 mg polyphenols from wed wine daily, you'd lose 3.4 kg fat in s [...]
There is something fishy about Acacia rigidula supplements
There's probably a problem with all slimming supplements that contain Acacia rigidula. Almost half of the products containing Acacia rigidula actually [...]
Vitamin C and E protect testes during steroids cycle
A small group of doping users combine antioxidants such as vitamin C and E with their anabolic steroids. The idea behind this supplementation is that [...]
Whey or casein before and after your workout?
It makes precious little difference whether you put whey or casein in the shakes that you drink before and after a strength training session. Sports s [...]
Post-strength training testosterone peak higher with CLA
Bodybuilders who take 6 g CLA a day synthesise more testosterone, according to a small human study published by Italians in 2012 in the Journal of Str [...]
Animal study: CLA + endurance training = more testosterone
On the right, dear readers, is not a tangle of shavings produced by apprentice metal workers. You are looking at the spatial structure formula of the [...]
Taurine boosts glucose uptake in muscles
Taurine supplementation improves the body's insulin and glucose metabolism, physiologists from the State University of Campinas report in the Journal [...]
Creatine has a similar effect in your brain as in your muscles
Strength athletes use creatine to get more reps out of their sets, and thus speed up their muscle growth. Creatine has a similar effect in your brain, [...]
Pseudo-ephedrine unreliable doping agent for cyclists
Pseudo-ephedrine, the active ingredient in many cold remedies, improves some cyclists' performance and has no effect on others. According to Kellie Pr [...]
Whey before workout reduces cortisol level, soya protein doesn’t
Yesterday we wrote that strength athletes build up more lean body mass if they consume whey rather than soya protein or fast carbohydrates just after [...]
Post-workout shake with 22g whey works better than one with 22g soya protein
Strength athletes who consume slightly more protein than the recommended amount for non-athletes build up more lean body mass if they drink a post-wor [...]
Ashwagandha: more muscle strength, more lean body mass, lower fat percentage
If healthy people take 3-5 Ashwagandha capsules every day, their muscle strength and lean body mass increase and their fat percentage decreases. In ad [...]
Creatine works better after strength training than before
Bodybuilders and other strength athletes who use creatine during a workout – because their muscle cells can absorb the energy supplement better at tha [...]