Nutrition

You see a lot of bodybuilders bulk up in the off-season. You may have wondered if that’s a good way to...

The authors suggest that factors other than nutrition must explain the differences between hard and easy gainers. On the other hand,...

A study published in Neurology (71:825-832, 2008) found that older people whose bodies are low on vitamin B12 can be at increased...

Need to recover more quickly? Then you’d better add proteases to your pillbox. Proteases such as bromelain, derived from pineapple, apparently...

The inherent danger of diuretics can be amplified in bodybuilders because they are often dehydrated to begin with.

A study recently published in Free Radical Biological Medicine found that air pollutants in urban environments significantly reduce antioxidants in the body’s...

You may remember the diet from years ago that had people eating lots of grapefruit. It all sounded like wishful thinking,...

• Flaxseed can help reduce estrogen metabolites in the body, which means a higher testosterone count. Try flaxseed in your cereal...

The rate of carnosine increase in muscle appears to differ among individuals, in this study varying from 2 to 69 percent....

New myostatin inhibitor could spell the end of the steroid era

You’re probably familiar with the maxim “A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.” Normally, being aware of certain realities is...

DNP is a cellular poison that researchers use to destroy cells. It’s also used as an insecticide and in various industrial...

Just looking at “G-Force,” as he’s called, you can clearly see that his genetics are better than the average man’s. Yet...

According to The New England Journal of Medicine, a study of more than 350,000 people found that a large waistline can...

I would not have predicted that. I would have surmised that the TFR method—morning, afternoon and preworkout—would have been superior because...