HMB raises bodybuilder’s growth hormone and IGF-1 levels
Supplementation with the bodybuilding supplement HMB – full name beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl-butyrate – inhibits catabolic processes and stimulates anabo [...]
More arginine – more muscles, less fat
Give rats L-arginine [structural formula shown below] in their food and they become slimmer and more muscular. Even if you feed them more calories the [...]
DHT levels through the roof with Butea superba
A supplement containing Butea superba not only sent a 35-year-old man's libido through the roof, but sent his levels of the androgen hormone DHT sky h [...]
DHEA – does it have any beneficial non-hormonal effects?
by Monica Mollica
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is most known for being a pro-hormone which in the body gets converted to testosterone and e [...]
Cocoa boosts nitric oxide
A mere six grams a day of dark chocolate can help reduce high blood pressure in older men and women. The thirty milligrams of polyphenols contained in [...]
Young Freaks: Is It Progress or Cause For Concern?
by Cade Thomas
The current state of the top ranks of professional bodybuilding is a topic of hot debate lately. Consistency, quality, and the e [...]
Cyclists recover quicker with protein and maltodextrine shake
After intensive activity cyclists recover more quickly if they drink a shake containing proteins and maltodextrine than if they drink a sports drink c [...]
Creatine makes kidneys healthier
Creatine is not bad at all for the kidneys, researchers at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil concluded after a study on eighteen healthy test subj [...]
Post Cycle Therapy (PCT): What to do after having used Anabolic Steroids?
by Monica Mollica
In the past, anabolic steroids were used primarily by athletes in order to boots physical performance. However, today anaboli [...]
What is it About Coffee?
Research is showing benefits for everything from depression to liver disease. Is it just the caffeine?
Remember when people (and their doctors) [...]
More vitamin D, more muscle mass
If you have an optimal amount of vitamin D in your blood – which surprisingly few people actually do – you'll have more muscle mass than if your vitam [...]
Hasan Banks – Beyond The Spotlight – Episode 6
[podcast]http://www.ironmagazine.com/radioshows/Beyond_The_Spotlight_Episode6-Hasan_Banks.mp3[/podcast] [...]
Fish oil capsules reduce fat rolls
If you give women 3 g of fish oil daily in capsule form, the fat around their middle shrinks. Researchers at Inserm in France discovered this when the [...]
Now That Prohormones Are Gone
by Josh Hodnik
In my previous article I discussed the Designer Steroid Control Act of 2014. I covered the twenty-five compounds that were once [...]
Creatine boosts protective effect of resistance training on bone mass
Especially women, but men too, start to lose a little bone mass each year after the age of forty. The pace at which bone breaks down increases with ag [...]
