While this probably won't end the debate on whether post-workout carbohydrate intake is a good or a bad thing, a recent review of the li...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
25g Whey Protein or 10g of EAAs Maximize Post Workout Protein Synthesis Without Additional Carbs
Monday, November 29, 2010
Skipping Breakfast Makes You Fat, but NOT by Increasing Appetite
You will certainly have heard of the scientifically proven correlation between skipping breakfast and getting obese. At least for children a...
Sunday, November 28, 2010
15-30% Increase in Protein Synthesis if Protein is Ingested After Exercise
What common sense already told us has now been proven again in a scientific study published by the American Society for Nutrition ( Pennings...
Saturday, November 27, 2010
L-Citrulline Against Arterial Stiffness
You probably know it from the ingredient list of your pre-workout or amino acid product , l-citrulline . Being a possible precursor of l-ar...
Friday, November 26, 2010
Further Evidence Against Anti-Oxidant Supplementation: Vitamin E + Alpha Lipoic Acid Reduce Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Biogenesis
Mass media and supplement companies will make you believe: " It is all about anti-oxidants " - Well, making money these days may i...
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Want to Lose Fat? Don't Reward Yourself with Food!
At my gym, I see it over and over again: people staring at the calorie counter of the stairmaster, dreaming of the pot of icecream which is ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Creatine Prevents Statin Induced Myopathy
In the Observations section of the November issue of Annals of Internal Medicine Shewman & Craig ( Shewman. 2010 ) report beneficial ef...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
L-Arginine @5g/Day Reduces Lactate Levels in Male Athletes
While the NO-hype of the last years unquestionably is/was a scam, l-arginine, the amino acid that does not build muscle via increased NO-pr...
Monday, November 22, 2010
DHT Safer Than Previously Thought: High Blood DHT does not Induce Prostate Cancer
Regular visitors of the SuppVersity will know that the stigmatization of DHT goes without reasonable and conclusive scientific research. In ...
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Trigonella foenum graecum Slightly Increases Testosterone, but Fails to Illicit Gains in Lean Body Mass
A recently published study by Colin Willborn et al. ( Willborn. 2010 ) found that supplementation with 500mg of the purported aromatase inhi...
Saturday, November 20, 2010
1046 ng/dL Increase in Testosterone for 1.5kg Lean Body Mass in 16 Weeks
Before you read on: This was a study done on 112 men aged 65–90 years , so the results are only partly significant in view of the effects of...
Friday, November 19, 2010
Combination of Selenium & Vitamin C Effectively Raises Testosterone Levels in Rats
Although this is an older study ( Lodhi. 2009 ), I found it particularly interesting that other than individual supplementation with vitamin...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Sebacic Acid, an Ingredient of Castor Oil, Helps with Diabetes
In a recent study, European scientists ( Membrez. 2010 ) found that sebacic acid, a natural ingredient of castor oil improves blood sugar co...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Taurine Effective Against High Fructose Induced Symptoms of the Metabolic Syndrome
Regular visitors of the SuppVersity know about the diverse positive effects of dietary taurine on health, body composition and exercise per...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Olive Leave Extract Equally Effective at Lowering Blood Pressure as ACE Inhibitor Captopril
For those who read yesterday's news on the negative effect of caffeine on exercise induced blood pressure response, it might be of inter...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Caffeine Blunts Exercise Induced Hypotensive Response and Increases Post Exercise Blood Pressure
I told you about the positive effect of caffeine supplementation on the post high intensity interval training fatty acid oxidation, only yes...
Sunday, November 14, 2010
HIIT + Caffeine = Increase in Post Exercise Fat Metabolisation
HIIT and Caffeine have both been highly advocated for fat loss by professionals and personal trainers all over the world. Now, a recent stud...
Saturday, November 13, 2010
News on the Taurine vs. Beta Alanine Antagonism
Those of you who have been following the SuppVersity for some time, may remember my blogpost on the antagonism of Taurine and Beta Alanine o...
Friday, November 12, 2010
Glycogen-Depletion Has no Effect on Selected Marker of Skeletal Muscle Adaptation
In a recently published study, Camera et al. ( Camera. 2010 ) investigated the effect of isolated glycogen depletion on the rpS6 phosphoryla...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
High Protein Diet vs. Insulin Sensitivity - Effective for Sedentary Women, as Well
I think while I do not have to repeat the importance of a healthy diet, especially the women among you may still think of pasta, rice, grain...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
HIIT-ing Health: Positive Effects of High Intensity Training on Symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome
There is a demarcation-line within the fitness community: The low-intensity steady state veterans on one side of the divide, and the high-in...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Arginine + Yohimbine Effective for the Treatment of Erectile Disfunction
Although, this is a topic men do not tend to speak about, statistics say that it bothers more people than one would think: Erectile disfunct...
Monday, November 8, 2010
NAC Improves Markers of Oxidative Stress Induced by High Intensity Exercise
The word "anti-oxidant" has lost some of its glory within the past couple of years. In absence of overt deficiency, the real-world...
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Coca Cola Financed Study Finds Beneficial Effect of Carbohydrate Supplementation on Physical and Mental Performance
This certainly is one of the examples, where science is somewhat similar to politics: If the defense industry finances the campaign of a pol...
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Quercitin Useless for Excercise Performance
Next to resveratrol, quercitin is unquestionable among the most advertised novel life-extension+exercise-boosting anti-oxidants. At least th...
Friday, November 5, 2010
Creatine Safe! For Diabetics, as Well.
Ever since creatine has been introduced to the supplement market there is a certain part of the medical establishment who condemns every bo...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Baking Soda for Tennis Players
Regular visitors of the suppversity might ask themselves "What the hell does the Prof have with his baking soda?" - well, I guess ...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Zinc Supplementation Helps Prepubescent Children with Metabolic Syndrome
Zinc ain't for bodybuilders, only! In a double blind placebo controlled crossover study Kelishadi et al. ( Kelishadi. 2010 ) supplemente...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Betaine not so Effective Against Homocysteine as Previously Thought
High homocysteine levels are considered an independent risk factor of arteriosclerosis. Conversely, betaine supplementation is regarded as a...
Monday, November 1, 2010
Fenugreek Supplement Increases Upper- and Lower-Body Strength and Body composition
Fenugreek is an ingredient in several recently released dietary supplements , most claim to increase testosterone, something a recent study ...
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