A SHOCKING PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT DISCOVERY!
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

By The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
Which protein works best at building muscle? The answer will SHOCK YOU!
If you follow popular bodybuilding advice you’ve probably heard that different types of protein powders are consumed at different… read more

Mass Building Tip For Skinny HARDGAINERS!
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

By The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
Don’t be a victim to “weak genetics”! Here’s a simple way to defeat the “hardgainer” curse!
Are you a “hardgainer”?

You know…someone who is reeeeeally skinny and has a hard time putting… read more

WHAT IS THE BEST CREATINE?
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

by Will Brink

What I am about to tell you is not going to make me a very popular person with many supplement manufacturers. In fact, some of them are going to be down right… read more

PARTIAL SOLUTIONS
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Stuck in a training rut? Try partial reps to bust out of your plateau!
Story by: Lara McGlashan (Art/Images by: Aaron Ashley)

Some rules are made to be broken. Eating dessert before the main course is certainly… read more

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES (REVISITED)
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

What Is An Enzyme?

Enzymes are proteins produced by all living organisms, and, like all proteins, they consist of amino acids. What makes these proteins different from other proteins is how they behave in the body… read more

SLOW vs EXPLOSIVE LIFTING:
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

THE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES…
“Injuries are not caused by methods per se, but by the inappropriate, premature, and/or excessive application of methods.”
– The Author

In all the years I’ve been involved in sports conditioning, I’ve never seen an… read more

MORE VITAMIN B6!
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Vitamin B6 levels are low in the general population, and in arthritis and Parkinson’s disease, according to findings from three new studies.

In the first large study of vitamin B6 in the general population, researchers measured… read more

PROBIOTICS
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Probiotics strengthened liver function in alcoholics in a new study. For four weeks, doctors gave Lactobacillus casei Shirota three times per day to 12 participants with alcoholic cirrhosis. Researchers compared the participants to 13 healthy… read more

STRESS EATIING
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Women who tend to eat more after being in a stressful situation were able to calm down by taking a combination of Magnolia officinalis and Phellodendron amurense known as Relora®. In explaining the reasons for… read more

PROTECTING THE PROSTATE
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

Nutrients cut prostate-cancer symptoms and lowered risk, in findings from three new studies.In a saw palmetto study, 92 men, aged 49 to 75, who had lower urinary-tract symptoms from an enlarged prostate gland (benign prostatic… read more

REDUCING FAT
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Three new studies show that nutrients from fruits and vegetables helped cut fat.

In a soy-protein study, 15 obese postmenopausal women, average age 56, drank a liquid meal containing 20 grams of soy protein with 160… read more

RELIEF FROM EXERCISE STRESS
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Strength Training, Supplements | No Comments »

Exercise is healthy, but can also stress the body. Four new studies show how nutrients helped athletes heal from strenuous exercise.

In a coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) study, 18 highly trained athletes took 300 mg of CoQ10… read more

FOLIC ACID FOR YOUNG & OLD
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

Folic acid cut high blood pressure, inflammation, and premature births in pregnant moms, and older adults with high folate levels avoided mental decline, in three new studies.In a folic acid study, researchers recruited 2,951 women… read more

CUSHION YOUR JOINTS
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

Hyaluronic acid—a molecule that occurs naturally in the body and helps cushion joints—helped relieve pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, a new study reveals. Researchers recruited 20 participants, aged 40 or older, who suffered… read more

FLAXSEED FOR MEN & WOMEN
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Women who took flaxseed had fewer hot flashes, and men who took flaxseed oil had lower blood pressure, in two new studies.

In a hot-flash study, doctors noted that women used to treat hot flashes with… read more

FASTER RECOVERY FROM EXERCISE
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

In a new study from Japan, 17 healthy volunteers, average age 37, took 100 mg of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) per day, 300 mg of CoQ10 per day, or a placebo, for eight days while testing… read more

BUILDING STRENGTH & MUSCLE WITHOUT ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training, Supplements | No Comments »

(ARA) - Every week the media comes out with a new story of another amateur or professional athlete using steroids. For athletes and health fanatics it seems they are willing to do whatever they believe… read more

PROTEIN AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

After the needs of the tissues are satisfied, there may be a surplus of ingested protein products for which the… read more

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

The tissues of the body are under constant repair. The skin and all epithelial surfaces are being continually replaced, as… read more

DIGESTION & ABSORBTION OF PROTEINS
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Proteins undergo hydrolysis in the gastrointestinal tract resulting in the release of amino acids. This is accomplished mainly through… read more