Category: Supplements
Phosphatidylserine and Athletic Performance
Genuine advances in sports nutrition are rare, which is why the discovery back in the 90s that creatine supplementation really did improve anaerob [...]
Keratin hydrolysate as sports supplement
Endurance athletes - and perhaps strength athletes too - may perform better if they use supplements containing hydrolysed keratin. Sports scientis [...]
Is Erythritol Found in Your Supplements Increasing Your Weight?
by Matt Weik
There are many supplements out there today that utilize sugar alcohols to replace pure sugar in order to sweeten up a product. So [...]
Noopept (aka N-Phenylacetyl-L-prolylglycine ethyl ester or GVS-111) Explored
by Anthony Roberts
Noopept is a drug in the broad category of nootropics that are used clinically to treat a variety of acute and chronic brain [...]
Live two years longer with extra vitamin E
According to most scientists, alpha-tocopherol (one form of vitamin E) supplementation is useless. The Finnish ATBC trial (1985-1993), for example [...]
The Future of the Supplement Industry
by Matt Weik
The supplement has been around for quite some time and it doesn’t appear that it’s going anywhere. It’s one of the fastest growin [...]
Meta-study: DHEA improves body composition of older men
Supplements containing DHEA, the compound that changes into hormones like testosterone and estradiol in the body, do have an effect on body compos [...]
Why National Supplement Distributors Are Bad for Your Business
by Matt Weik
I’ve spent a decade in the supplement industry working for one of the largest supplement companies in the world. That being said, [...]
Pre-workout drinks with L-citrulline superior
Sports drinks with fast carbohydrates that endurance athletes drink during training sessions, and also protein shakes that bodybuilders down befor [...]
Combination of L-lysine and L-arginine reduces stress and lowers cortisol levels
Supplementation with 2.34 g L-lysine and the same amount of L-arginine daily reduces psychological stress and lowers cortisol amounts in men's bod [...]
The Supplement Industry Is Now Enabling Alcoholics?
by Matt Weik
You don’t need to be considered an alcoholic in order to have a few beverages, but regular overconsumption can definitely lead to [...]
Should We Forgive Supplement Companies Who Scammed Us?
by Anders JP Eskilsson
From protein spiking to fake ingredients to amphetamine and dianabol-like compounds…. the list goes on. Over the last co [...]
Tongkat Ali boosts testosterone and muscle strength
Tongkat Ali is an interesting supplement for athletes over the age of 55. Ralf Henkel of the University of the Western Cape in South African and [...]
DHEA supplementation lowers cortisol levels
In small quantities the stress hormone cortisol is amazingly useful, but continuously raised levels of it are bad... for just about everything. We [...]
Fish oil reduces rheumatoid arthritis joint pain
Taking a fish oil supplement alone or combined with evening primrose oil reduces joint pain in people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. This is [...]
