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More Evidence That Myostatin is an Important Inhibitor of Diet and Exercise Induced Muscle Gains in You & Me
Is myostatin relevant for mass monsters only, or for normal trainees, as well ? We all know the freakish images of myostatin negative animals. We all know about the heavily marketed, but scientifically not proven myostatin inhibitors. But do we also know th...

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Laser Acupuncture as a Valuable Adjunct to Diet & Exercise Interventions!? 50% Higher Reduction in Waist & LDL/HDL Ratio + 80% Higher Reduction in Insulin in Recent Study
Laser "needles" may help you lose superfluous body weight. Is it possible that the application of acupuncture by the means of a gallium Arsenide infrared (GaAlAs) laser with a wavelength at 904 nm and power of 5mW to the skin of post-menopausal women can ac...

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The Latest Exercise Science: Weights During Pregnancy, Barbells for Bariatric Surgery Patients and Hypertensives, Mouthguards & Performance Garments and Much More
Performance garments appear to be particularly beneficial for female trainees. I have to admit that there are no real "block buster" studies to talk about. This does not mean, though, that there were not interesting new papers on exercise science at all. In...

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Magnesium Supplementation & its Potential Performance Effects: Study Finds Practically Relevant Improvements in 10k Times W/ 500mg per Day in Recreational Athletes
While Mg2+ deficiency can cause leg cramps it is in practice rarely the main culprit, dehydration & a lack of salt are more common (Schwellnus. 2008). If you look at the available literature, most studies suggest that magnesium supplementation can  be benef...

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Do the Anti-Alzheimer's Effects of Grape Seed Extract (GSE) Start in the Gut? Your Gut Bugs Could Save Your Brain
The gut may be the missing piece to the Alzheimer's puzzle. It is well-established that an phenolic extract from the seeds of grapes (GSPE) can have significant anti-Alzheimer's and general neuroptective and anti-dementia effects (Sarkaki. 2007; Balu. 2005;...

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HMB Powers the Abdominal Fat Loss Prowess of Resistance Training - Is This a Result of HMB Increased GH Increases?
Will HMB help you to finally see your abs? Only recently a study from the Jeremy Townsend et al. reported that the provision of β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate free acid will increase the growth hormone response to resistance training (Townsend. 2015). Now, we a...

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No Soy for Your (Grand-)Parents! Soy Blunts Strength Gains in 12-Week Resistance Training Study - Avg. Gains Approx. 30% Lower Than in Both Dairy and No Protein Group!
In view of  the anti-strength effects observed in the study at hand: It's almost sarcastic that many of the proteins that are specifically marketed to older men and women contain soy protein. While most of you are probably interested in studies on young, re...

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Polydextrose and Resistant Maltodextrin as Dieting Aids W/ GLP-1 Boosting & Appetite Reducing Effects: 7% Reduced Energy Intake per 10g/day of Polydextrose in Clinical Trials
Many of them look like powder sugar, but they are much more. Novel food ingredients like polydextrose or resistant maltodextrin may help us to slow the progression of obesity, but  they won't solve the global obesity problems. Whenever we are talking about ...

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More Evidence of a Ceiling Effect for Protein Synthesis at ~30g of Whey and/or 23g of Whey + 5g of Leucine in Young (and Old?) | Plus: mTOR is no Reliable Marker of MPS
There are two things you need to build muscle: Iron - to lift it and protein to drink it... for both, it appears, though, as if there was a definitive ceiling effect. For iron, too much can even be a bad thing. For protein, however, consuming too much after...

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10h of Catch-Up Sleep Can Ameliorate the Negative Effects of Sleep Restriction on Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy Men
Can you partly redeem your sleep dept on the weekend? First study to investigate this question in clinical trial suggests: Yes you can! At least to a certain extent. In today's installment of the short news I am going to take a closer look at the surprising...
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