Glutamine and creatine are two of the most common amino acid supplements in sports nutrition today. They have been talked about thousands of times for nearly two decades (there is research on glutamine that dates back as early as the 1970’s). Claim after claim has been made for these two...
Some people insist that getting your workout done first thing in the morning is the key to successful weight loss. Other exercise devotees tout the benefits of sweating before bed. So, who’s right? Well, there’s plenty of research to argue both sides.
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I have been doing some research on injectable orals vs plain orals.
What I have come up with is that orals injected are still going to be processed eventually by the liver but to a lesser extent. You may still have to take a liver guard, but it's not AS much of an issue.
I have also done alot...
While a low-carb diet might be beneficial for weight loss — a 2018 study found overweight dieters who cut their carbohydrate intake lost an average of 13 pounds — cutting carbs could also cut years from your life.
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Two new studies found connections between low-carb diets and...
When it comes to moving the needle on the scale, dieters are turning to intermittent fasting to cut calories and lose weight. Among the 1/3 of millennials who followed a specific eating pattern, intermittent fasting was the most popular, beating out options like the Paleo, ketogenic and Whole30...
Intermittent fasting, or IF, is a timed approach to eating that has gained popularity in the last few years as a weight-loss strategy. There are many different types of IF with various periods of fasting and non-fasting, including the 16/8 or 5:2 methods. The former involves eating for 8 hours...
New research, led by a team at UCLA, has zeroed in on a chemical cocktail that has been shown to generate vast numbers of new muscle stem cells. It is hoped that such a break-through could advance therapies designed to combat muscle loss and aid the body in its recovery from injury.
In a report...
Between checking email, texting, scrolling through social media feeds and watching viral videos, adults spend more than 11 hours per day on their phones, according to the research firm Nielsen. Screen time not only has negative impacts on mental health, increases the odds of suffering from...
Losing unwanted body fat can be a challenging process, but recent studies led by the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise & Metabolism (CNEM), at the University of Bath in the UK, have some encouraging news. In a recently published report, findings suggest that as you get fitter, your body burns more...
The relationship between lean muscle mass and body fat is a complex one, and while it is true to say fat cells cannot simply be converted to new muscle, it’s also important to recognize that skeletal muscle mass does utilize fat as an important source of fuel.
Now, new research published in The...
Diet soda might have zero calories but that doesn’t mean it has zero impact on your health. The artificially sweetened drinks have been linked to Type 2 diabetes and cancer. Drinking diet soda could also lead to weight gain. Those who drank low-calorie sweetened beverages consumed an additional...
What happens when you run a year-long trial pitting low-carb diets versus low-fat diets? The media erupts, of course. In the case of a recent study coming out of Johns Hopkins and Tulane Universities, which showed that low-carb diets performed better in just about every possible metric, the...
Even the most casual bodybuilder knows a little something about “protein timing” — but if you’re in need of a quick refresher, it refers to the distribution of protein throughout the day, and before/after training sessions, for optimal muscle protein synthesis. There are different studies and...
Protein Paranoia: What is There to Fear?
Protein Paranoia: What is There to Fear?
By Dr. Greg Bradley-Popovich
What's all the hubbub, bub?
Numerous reviews of scientific research on protein needs of various athletes have concluded that high-protein diets are appropriate and beneficial...
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What’s up guys, some of you know I’ve been battling a lot of health issues for a long time. I go to a lot of doctors and never get any answers. I’ve had chronic Lyme disease, anoTher illness called CIRS which causes my body not to detox mold toxins. To figure out these problems I had to go to...
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Ideally, we want to get our essential nutrients from the food we eat. When that isn’t happening, though, taking a daily multivitamin seems like a popular go-to solution.
But are multivitamins worth your money? Well, it depends on who you ask.
Marie Spano, an M.S...
Monsanto attempts to discredit new study that proves YET AGAIN that glyphosate is dangerous even at low levels
07/19/2018 / By Ethan Huff
An international team of experts has concluded, based on the results of a comprehensive new animal study, that glyphosate, the primary active ingredient in...