vitamin

They just aren't worth taking. Here's why. The idea behind multivitamin tablets is solid. Our diets are haphazard, our foods in general are mass-produced and vitamin poor, and the soil in which they’re grown has been robbed of nutrients by overuse, pesticides, and probably malevolent gophers. So...

Science reveals a new way to prevent headaches. Plus the common headache drug to avoid so you don't act like a douche nozzle. The benefits of supplemental vitamin D3 just keep adding up. Here’s the latest: A study out of Finland looked at the vitamin D levels of over 2600 men. No surprise here...

Why That Government Study Is Crap A study funded by the government said that vitamin D supplements don't work. Here are all the things they screwed up. It would be silly to conduct a study to test the efficacy of a new birth control pill using 90-year-old women as test subjects. It would also be...

How to Finally Get Your D Up Many people are still deficient in vitamin D, even when they're supplementing with it. Here's why and how to finally fix it. Most athletes have inadequate vitamin D status. Most are aware of the importance of vitamin D in health and performance, and some even try to...

Fitness enthusiasts have long known that vitamin D and omega 3 offer a myriad of health benefits, but a new study has looked at these nutrients’ potential to aid longevity, and it seems that you don’t have to take much to hold back the hands of time. The Benefits of Taking Vitamin D and Omega 3...

The Shrinking Bodybuilder Lift hard, eat right, and get smaller? Well, that sucks. Here's how to fight age-related muscle atrophy and strength loss. Lifters tune out when they hear the word sarcopenia. That's an old-fart disease where your muscles shrink and you fall often onto your saggy butt...

A Non-Prescription Libido Booster for Women Correct this common nutritional deficiency and get more action. Here's the science. "An article for women? What is this, T Nation or E Nation?!" I hear this every time we write something about women's fitness, and I've never understood it. Hey, maybe...

If you use vitamin D, collagen, eat salads, or drink coffee, here's what you need to take to make those things more healthful and effective. To those of us who appreciate the Superhero universe, sidekicks are actually kind of off putting, if not downright embarrassing. Most of us would turn...

The Vitamin D Factory You need more of this vitamin once you hit your forties. Without enough, everything goes downhill. Your body is an amazing chemical factory with thousands of specialized subdivisions. For example, it must make vitamin D to thrive. Along with food sources, your body converts...

The Truth About Vitamin C, Naps, and Fatty Coffee Biohackers sometimes figure out great things. Other times, they create the equivalent of radioactive monsters that have to be killed, like these. Biohacking is currently getting a lot of attention because its ideas often sound new and exciting...

Correct This Deficiency, Feel Better Most people have insufficient levels of vitamin D. Are you one of them? Here's how to know without a blood test. Do your supplements work? It's a tricky question. For example, several supplements have anti-cancer properties, but how do you know they're...

Sex Drive in Overdrive Diminished sex drive and poor bedroom performance are signs of other health issues. Here's how to fix those issues fast. When it comes to health, male sex drive is the canary in the coal mine. You know the analogy: Minors used to bring canaries into the mines. The birds...

A Drinking Man's Guide to Supplements Enjoy a couple of drinks after work or the occasional weekend of partying? Take these natural compounds to mitigate the negative health effects. Around 9000 years ago in Jiahu, China, long before the invention of the wheel, some guy discovered booze. He...

Fill the Gaps, Reach Your Goals Faster Gap supplements are essential. Here's why you need them and the top three to check into. "Hey, Chris! You're a personal trainer or something, right? So, what supplements should I take?" I hear that pretty often out in the real world. It's an interesting...

Why is No One Having Sex? Hormone levels are in the toilet, everyone is emotionally messed up, and no one is having much sex. Why? Here's one possible answer. People are having less sex. The number of men and women identifying as asexual is skyrocketing. The number of adults who haven't had sex...

1,25 Dihydroxycholecalciferol Taking this legal supplement is more like using hormone replacement therapy, only without a prescription. Here's the science. The pro-hormone era was wild. Over-the-counter supplements converted by your body to produce active hormones? Good times. Then came the...

What You Need to Know About Vitamins A, D, E, and K The requirements for fat-soluble vitamins vary depending on our life stage, but deficiencies abound because we often take them wrong. Back in 1912, a Polish chemist named Kazimierz Funk came up with the theory that scurvy and a few other...

Which to Take and Which to Skip A lot of the most commonly taken vitamins and minerals are a tragic waste of money, but there are a few that you definitely need to take. The 30-billion dollar a year vitamin industry is suffering from existential angst right now. Their collective stomachs are all...

Here's what science – and not some weirdo on YouTube – has to say about it. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that fights free radicals and has other regenerative/supportive functions like aiding in creating collagen (1). Vitamin C also keeps your immune system strong and fights inflammation, which is...

The Best Foods To Add to Your Diet The Question What’s one overlooked food that everyone should be eating? Benjamin Johnson – Fitness and Nutrition Coach Butter is one food that everybody should be eating. Problem is, most people still think butter is strictly taboo. Get out of the '90s...