Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Works in Broad Cuff Pressure Range: Lower (40%)...
"Go super tight or go home"? Nope, we're not talking 'bout NC-17 rated websites... this provocatively phrased statement about how to wear your #BFR cuffs at the gym is probably as faulty as the notion...
View ArticleBaking Soda Loading Protocol Achieves 30% Higher Bicarb Levels W/ ZERO GI...
You will be pleased to hear that the 30% increase in serum bicarbonate observed in the loading study was achieved in the absence of gastrointestinal distress in ALL subjects.Sunday, September 22, 2019,...
View Article'Training Low[Carb]' Requires 0.12g/kg Extra-Protein | Fitbit Fitness Data...
Mixed news about nutrition, exercise, and supplementation.In the absence of game-changing nutrition, exercise, and supplementation science I decided to post one of the recently rare installments of the...
View ArticleNew Barbell Design: ~20% Increased Pectoralis Activity, Dumbbell-ish +...
Don't pre-order yet: We don't know if you are a 'responder' and even if you are whether your gains will actually benefit from allegedly increased muscle activity (eventually it's not even clear that...
View ArticleIn Triathletes, Marathoners & Co! Potato Purée Can Replace Conventional...
The gastrointestinal issues may have been a problem for a few of the testers, but some clever "natural workout nutrition" company is certainly going to eliminate this minor obstacle very soon... and...
View Article#Coffee & Related Research from Early 2020: #FilterHeight Matters | #Leaves...
Coffee junkies, recoice! The SuppVersity is back ... and how can this be celebrated? With a research update on ☕ - a review discussing the latest science from coarsness to leaf-extracts, and...
View ArticleThe Latest on Artificial Sweeteners: #Sucralose Good for the Lean, Bad for...
Time to stop discriminating against low-calorie (#LCS) or artificial sweeteners as a category, time to start considering the molecule and subject-dependence of these substances and to get the research...
View ArticleBlood Flow Restriction Training 2020: What's New on Age, Sex, and...
It may sound awesome but eventually training only one arm is no viable long-term strategy. Having learned about the ability of BFR to increase/facilitate contralateral gains in today's SuppVersity...
View Article'Spiking' (not Replacing) Suboptimal Amounts of #Whey With #EAAs Yields...
You will probably have read about the results of this recent study from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences elsewhere already - hopefully in an article that applied the same rigorous...
View ArticleAlternate Day Fasting & Classic Dieting: Same >5% Weight Loss in 57 vs. 67...
ADF vs. continuous dieting in overweight/obese women: ADF marginally faster, about identically satiatin' but not per se 'superior'"When Weight Loss is Standardized (to 5%), Overweight / Obese Women are...
View ArticleDoes Eating Beans W/B4 Meals Have the Same Blood Sugar Lowering, and Fat Loss...
Reader's question from the SuppVersity's Instagram page: "I wonder if just having a small serving of beans before a meal would have good effects also. Red velvet, black, etc." - JohanThose of you who...
View ArticleFreezing, Defrosting, Toasting, and Your Glucose Response to White Bread |...
Who would have thought that: More convenient, in the eyes of most people better tasting and still better for your blood glucose management: Take white bread from the freezer, defrost at room...
View ArticleQuick Take: Only 25% Putatively Anabolic Laxogenin Supps Contain Measurable...
You may find this supplement albeit with a less honest label at your favorite 'hardcore'-supplement store.You will have seen them pop up (and already begin to disappear again) in almost every...
View ArticleScientists Find Whey to Significantly Boost D3 Absorption: Whey Isolate +50%,...
It's worth peeling the protective layer scientists use to cover up potential methodological holes in practical relevance. Studies usually make it to the SuppVersity news if they are educative,...
View ArticleAlkalizing Accelerates Fat Loss: Multimineral Supplement Boosts Fat Loss &...
Works, ... whether that's solely due to pH modulation is not clear. So we don't know if simply using bicarbonate as an alkalizer will do the sameLet's get this straight, right away. While the authors...
View ArticleWashing Down 6g/d of Beta-Alanine not Enough to Saturate Muscle Carnosine?...
Carnosine saturation!? It may occur (if at all) only at much higher dosages / longer supplementation periods than they're currently recommended.If you've been a faithful SuppVersity reader for the...
View ArticleProbiotic Hair Care - Where is it, When You Need it? #SV Reviewing the...
The idea of probiotic shampoos has been thrown around for quite some time, now. Gonna get rid of the text-containing thumbs, btw.I've recently got a request by a SuppVersity reader suggesting I write...
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