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L-Ornithine an Anti-Stress Agent: Lower Cortisol, Higher DHEA, Better Sleep...

Stressed? Maybe ornithine can help. Or is this study just a hoax!?Sounds like marketing shenanigan, right? "Lower Cortisol, Higher DHEA, Better Sleep W/ Only 400mg of Ornithine Pre-Bed." Ok, if it was...

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The Pro-Insulinogenic Activity of Saturated Fat: High Fat, High GIP, High...

Asian foods are low in SFAs. So the researchers had to add it to the pan.From a physiological perspective, the observation researchers from the Nakamura Gakuen University, the  Akita University, the...

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Creatine + Sodium Bicarbonate: Two New Studies Show You Can Make the...

The benefits of bicarbonate show on the finish line, not the starting block.As a true students of the SuppVersity you will know that you can "Supercharge Your Creatine W/ Baking Soda" (learn more) and...

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Kettlebell Swings as Muscle Builders? Increases in Cortisol & GH & Decreases...

Kettlebell swings - According to the results from the study at hand, probably great to shed body fat. not exactly what you should be doing to gain tons of muscle.Ok, here is my confession: I hate...

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Faster Muscle Hypertrophy, Lower Visceral & Liver Fat, Trig & Glucose Levels...

If casein protein is good for slow and fish protein is good for fast twitch muscle, "fish and cheese" would be the perfect muscle food, no? Read the whole article and find out if that's the case.As a...

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True or False: Foamy Slim.Fast is Better Slim.Fast | Stable Liquid Foams...

Would this work w/ this foam, as well?We all know (hopefully) that there is not magic weight loss bullet, but who knows, maybe there is a magic weight loss foam... don't worry I am just kidding, but if...

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Men Are Different, Women, Too - Also, When it Comes to the Metabolic Effects...

Men are fat burning machines, women are not!? Review of sex-differences in fatty acid oxidation during and after exercise puts yet another "!" behind the "don't spend 2h on the treadmill if your goal...

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Low Sodium Intake for Athletes? Good for Your Health, or Ergolytic Bogus &...

Salt reduction is for "hard-sweating" athletes not.Whenever I am browsing the latest studies, I see at least one of those hilarious "salt kills" papers citing official recommendations to reduce sodium...

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Hula Hooping: Perfect Body Fat Redistribution Workout? Study Shows 3.4 cm...

You don't even need that many hoops.Ok, this is not the type of exercise you usually read about at the SuppVersity, but the effects the six week hula program had on the eighteen 32-58 year-old female...

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Low Dose GABA for Diabesity Treatment? Dose Dependent Conservation of Lean...

GABA tea contains comparably low amounts of GABA (180mg/100g; Wang. 2006) and still or, as the results of the study at hand suggest, rather thus helps with sleep (Cheng. 2009).As a SuppVersity reader...

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Taste Matters - Bypassing the Taste Receptors Increases the Insulin & CCK...

Infusions of nutrient solutions via a tube is often the last resort for doctors to save anorexic patients' lives - it's yet nothing anyone should do voluntarily for the satiety plus Spetter et al....

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Whey Beyond Brawn: 10+ Things You Probably Didn't Know Whey & Peptides That...

If you've got brawn and brain you will realize that whey is much more than a potent muscle builder.As a SuppVersity reader you are well familiar with the pluripotent benefits whey protein has to offer...

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Ceylon Cinnamon as Metformin Alternative? Combined Rodent + Human Study...

What you need is original Ceylon Cinnamon, not the cheap Cassia Cinnamon, which is often loaded with potentially toxic coumarin.The mechanism by which cinnamon and metformin work may be completely...

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Pyruvate Supplements - Useless as Ergogenic, Surprisingly Effective as...

Pyruvate = Recomp agent, not performance enhancer?I am not sure if you even remember that pyruvate, which is made from glucose through glycolysis, and can be converted back to carbohydrates (such as...

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Carbohydrate Supplementation During Workouts - Who Benefits? How Much and...

Compared to liquid beverages, gels have the advantage of causing lower GI stress, when significant quantities of CHOs are consumed during exercise. Bars, can be held in the cheek pouch and chewed...

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Thyroid Issues? Low Energy Intake Triggers Low T3 / High rT3 Syndrome in...

It's not your thyroid, but your behavior that's to blame for your low T3 levels, the fatigue and being "unable to lose weight". If you exercised less and ate more, you could fix it without medical...

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When Timing Matters - Melatonin: Incorrectly Timed it Ruins Your Glucose...

Melatonin is one of the few supplements where timing is everything.As of late the nutrient and supplement timing craze has started to abate. People begin to realize that timing doesn't always matter,...

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Vitamin B12 - A Nutrition Guide for Vegetarians & Vegans: From Nori to...

With 77µg per 100g of the Nori leaves in the wrapping sushi makes an excellent B12 source, even if you stick to the vegan, no tuna version ;-)If this is not your first visit to the SuppVersity you will...

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When Timing Matters - Alpha Lipoic Acid: Works Best, When it's Taken 30min...

A salad like the one the beautiful young lady is about to eat is not the kind of meal that would require pre-meal lipoic acid supplementation.Although I am not convinced that alpha lipoic acid (lipoic...

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Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) Increases PGC1-A & Speeds Up Mitochondrial...

Study suggests, significant increases in mitochondrial builder PGC1-a with HIIT + bicarbonateIf this is not your first visit to the SuppVersity, I am confident you've read about the ergogenic effects...

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