Category: Supplements
Lower fat percentage with sufficient magnesium in diet
Sixty percent of the inhabitants of developed countries ingest less magnesium than is healthy. As a result they put down fat reserves more easily, ac [...]
Ginkgo decreases cortisol levels after stress
Ginkgo Biloba may increase the growth impulse of resistance training, a Slovakian study suggests. According to the study, published six years ago in [...]
Supplements that give your brain the boost it needs
by Dr. David Jockers
(NaturalNews) The brain depends upon specific nutrients in order to function with peak capacity. There are certain nutrients t [...]
Ginsenoside-Rg1 in Panax ginseng protects athletes muscles
Supplementation with Panax ginseng – Chinese or Korean ginseng – may protect muscles against breakdown caused by intensive exercise. Biochemists at T [...]
Medical science continues to remain silent about milk thistle as a cancer remedy
by Brad Chase
(NaturalNews) Milk thistle, or silymarin, has been used as a natural herb to assist liver function for thousands of years. Well estab [...]
Viagra and pomegranate – is there a connection?
Viagra and pomegranate together is too much of a good thing. Sildenafil, the active ingredient in the erection enhancer Viagra, is more effective wh [...]
Fitter with Gotu Kola
Gotu Kola -Three months' supplementation using an extract of the herb Gotu Kola – scientific name Centella asiatica – makes over 65s fitter. After ta [...]
How a flavonoid in parsley boosts testosterone levels
Apigenin - Everyday vegetables such as celery, onions and parsley contain testosterone-enhancing substances that, as we age, prevent our testosterone [...]
Rhodiola rosea boosts heart muscle capacity in animal study
Salidroside - If endurance athletes react in the same way to Rhodiola as the rats that doctors at the Chi-Mei Medical Center in Taiwan used in their [...]
Animal study: L-theanine extends life expectancy
The amino acid L-theanine, which is found in small amounts in tea, extends the lifespan of the worm Caenorhabditis elegans, a favourite lab animal of [...]
NO boosters are myostatin inhibitors
Bodybuilding supplements that boost the concentration of nitrogen monoxide - NO for short - in the muscles are probably also myostatin inhibitors. Th [...]
Cup of green tea with a meal makes it easier to eat less
You stay the same weight but you'd actually like to lose just a small amount. Not a lot, just a little – so that your excess fat just melts away with [...]
HMB slows down muscle loss if you’re not training
Strength athletes who are unable to train for a while lose less muscle mass and strength if they take the leucine metabolite HMB, according to an an [...]
Want to Increase Blood Flow? Stick with Creatine Monohydrate
by Anthony Roberts
There are plenty of products out there that purport to increase blood flow to the muscle, and thereby to increase strength and si [...]
Grape Seed Extract keeps big eaters weight down
Consumers of large amounts of calories who want to keep their weight under control may benefit from Grape Seed Extract. Dutch researchers at the Univ [...]