Twelve weeks’ training with HMB Free Acid: 7 kg lean body mass gain, 5 kg fat loss
HMB Free Acid
Lose 5 kg fat, gain 7 kg lean body mass and add 13 kg to your top bench-press weight: this is what bodybuilders can expect if they train [...]
Animal study: curcumin protects bones after the menopause
Curcumin, the principal bioactive substance in turmeric, protects the skeleton against degeneration once the natural secretion of bone-building hormon [...]
Resveratrol may speed up muscle growth
Resveratrol - When you do strength training your muscle tissue is continuously extracting stem cells from your blood so that they can then grow into m [...]
Green Coffee Bean Extract Exposed
by Tom Venuto
Since 1989, when I started in the fitness business, I’ve seen dozens of diet supplements burst onto the scene, sell into the mul [...]
Steroids & Hair Loss – Available Treatment Options
by Mike Arnold
When it comes to the subject of hair loss, you will find strong opinions on both sides of the fence. For some, it is simply a n [...]
Watermelon could lower blood pressure, study suggests
Watermelon could significantly reduce blood pressure in overweight individuals both at rest and while under stress. "The pressure on the aorta and on [...]
Animal study: spirulina helps prevent breast cancer
Supplementation with Spirulina platensis probably has a protective effect against breast cancer in women. Researchers from Sultan Qaboos University in [...]
Watermelon prevents sore muscles
If you eat a couple of large chunks of watermelon before a heavy training session today, you'll have less problems with sore muscles tomorrow. Accordi [...]
Curcumin is a mild anti-oestrogen
Curcumin, the main bioactive substance in turmeric, inhibits the production of estradiol. How the anti-oestrogenic effect of curcumin works the resear [...]
Better sports drinks or pre-workout shakes contain L-citrulline
L-citrulline ~ Sports drinks with fast carbohydrates that endurance athletes drink during training sessions, and also protein shakes that bodybuilders [...]
Fight Over-training Syndrome With Whey Concentrate
by Josh Hodnik
Not many supplements have had a bigger impact on the sports nutrition industry over the past few decades than whey protein. Unt [...]
Cause of death steroids usually means recreational drugs
When steroids users die young and unexpectedly, their death is usually not just the result of having taken muscle-enhancing substances. And no, only a [...]
Onion extract boosts testosterone level too
We've already written a couple of times about the testosterone boosting effect of onion juice. It has an immediate effect in lab animals, but it's not [...]
Onion juice: helps boost rats’ testosterone, has pro-sexual effect
If Iranian animal studies are anything to go by, fresh onion juice increases testosterone concentrations in the blood. Jordanian researchers have conf [...]
Steroid Dosing and Diminishing Returns – How much can the body really use?
by Mike Arnold
In today’s world of bodybuilding it is not uncommon to hear of some individuals using doses which, 20 years ago, would never eve [...]
