3.8 vs. 2.3 g/kg Protein + Exercise to Improve Body Comp. | Digestive Enzymes...
"If some is good, more is better!" Unfortunately, this simple maxime does rarely apply when it comes to the physiological response to certain foods and/or supplements. For protein, however, it appears...
View ArticleKetogenic Diet Research: Total Body Weight and Fat Gain, but not Muscle...
I don't know what exactly was in the ketogenic rodent chow that was used in the study at hand, but I doubt it were transfat laden sausages ;-)Welcome to the fourth issue of the SuppVersity ISSN '15...
View ArticleMSM Cures Exercise Related Joint & Muscle Pain, But May Effect Immunity |...
Exercise induced joint and muscle pain - Can a few grams MSM help?In this installment of the SuppVersity ISSN '15 Research Re- or rather Overview I couldn't really find a common theme. With two studies...
View ArticleCalculated Energy Requirements ±15% & More Off of True Resting Energy...
In view of the inaccuracy of the standard equations that are used to calculate our energy requirements we are approaching the age of the "misquantified self".If I had to find a common theme in the...
View ArticleHigh Dose BCAAs for Cyclists | Cholostrum Peptides for Bulking | Intermittent...
Are you trying to build a body like this? Maybe one of the supplements discussed in this article can help.To make sure that I am not missing other relevant / interesting new research spending time with...
View ArticleCreatine Loading - Unnecessary or Counterproductive? No Significant...
Not just for women who are always afraid of an increase in water retention, loading protocols may not exactly be the best way of taking creatine monohydrate.Let's be clear, here: I do not doubt that...
View ArticleResistance Training, Not Starving Yourself or "Cardio" is Key to Successful...
Just look at the guys surrounding you, girls. How on earth will you get bulky if they are training like maniacs and still look like size-zero bans?"Overfat", that's a term scientists use to refer to...
View ArticlePost-Workout Coffee Boosts Glycogen Repletion by Up to 30% and May Even Have...
Yes, I do suggest that it may be beneficial to drink these two and another two cups of coffee w/ lots of sugar after your workout - if you are an athlete, at least.A delicious and refreshing...
View ArticleAthletes Recover From Overtraining in Hypoxia - 4 Weeks of Low Intensity...
With overtraining you have to undertrain to reverse the damage you've done. Doing so in intermittent hypoxia, returns important markers of OT to normal in less than 4 weeks in T&F athletes.As...
View ArticleStudy Probes Muscle Building Effects of Vitamin D in Young and Old and Finds...
Old or young, who is going to benefit and who is going to benefit most from vitamin D supplementation during a 12-week resistance training regimen. That was the question the study at hand sought to...
View ArticleNon-Adherence and Design Problems: Two Reasons Why Recent Diet Study May Fail...
Don't expect weight loss wonders from high(er) protein and dairy intakes, but especially when the energy intake is not controlled both can have benefits the study at hand could not detect.What's better...
View Article52% Reduced Fat Gain Over 4 Weeks of Overfeeding Twenty Young Men W/ 1000...
Probiotics act on in the digestive tract, but their effects are still systemic.You've read about the anti-weight gain effects of probiotic supplements in rodents before at the SuppVersity and in the...
View ArticleBFR Preconditioning Not Better Than Placebo? Long Rest Periods For Sustained...
Single-legged leg presses that make both legs stronger are only one of many topics, today.Time for an update on the latest resistance training research - just the interesting stuff, obviously ;-) What...
View ArticleLoad Carrying Cardio Doesn't Affect Muscle Protein Flux While Intra-Workout...
While this picture shows loaded cardio in its most beautiful form, the study investigated loaded cardio on the treadmill and compared it (for questionable reasons) to non-loaded cardio on a stationary...
View ArticleLow Grade Metabolic Acidosis May Eat Away Your Bones and Blow Up Your Belly...
The way we eat and live is not just obesogenic it is also acidogenic... or is the former just a consequence of the latter? I've written about the nasty effects of low grade metabolic acidosis which...
View ArticleSilicon-Powered Anti-Heart Disease Sausages / High Protein Breakfast, High...
Can you pump them up w/ silicon and to negate their atherosclerotic effects!? In today's installment of the Nutrition Research Update in the Short News, I am going to tackle three studies that deal...
View ArticleFirst Study to Demonstrate Ergogenic Effects of Metformin - 14% Increased...
With the publication of Learsi's latest paper the list of things metformin can do for you has just gotten been expanded with another item: Doping!You will probably remember my article about the...
View ArticleBreakfast: Eat it or Skip it? Making it High Protein Will Have Habitually...
This could have been the HP breakfast. Egg-based pancakes + ham.It is almost like the question "to carb" or "not to carb" and the almost religiously maddish discussions between carb-eaters and...
View ArticleCardio After Weights! Doing Resistance Before Endurance Training Has More...
I can almost guarantee that the results of this study are not sex-specific. Ladies, pick up the weights fater you hit the treadmill, stairmaster, elliptical or other torture instrument you like to...
View ArticleChains & Bands Can Double Your 1RM Strength Gains on the Bench and in the...
Dude, it won't suffice to just bring your chains to the gym to show them off, you will also have to attach them to the barbell before squatting and benching to see results... and bro, the science on...
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