Nutrition Science

Conjugated linoleic acid is an isomer of linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid. Structurally, CLA contains both cis and trans...

Ask any bodybuilder what the most important nutrient for building muscle is, and the likely reply will be, “Protein.” So it’s...

Study results have shown that taking a daily dose of the pine bark extract pycnogenol may help to treat or prevent...

When you train intensely with weights, you’re incurring injury to your muscles. It sounds bad, but the body compensates by adding...

Estrogen is often called a “female hormone,” which is a misnomer, as this steroid hormone is also produced in the male...

The primary purpose of using anabolic drugs, such as testosterone, steroids and growth hormone, is to trigger added muscle beyond what...

A study released in April 2013 implicated beef as a primary cause of cardiovascular disease.1 What was surprising about the study,...

What’s the magic number? Twenty grams? Forty grams? How much protein should you get per meal? The dirty little answer to...

Human growth hormone is considered one of the three major anabolic hormones in the body, with the other two being testosterone...

Yeah, DHEA, a.k.a. dehydroepiandrosterone, is the most abundant steroid hormone in the body. Most would say that it’s good just for...

Of all the side effects associated with high-dose anabolic steroid use, the most immediately dangerous is the way they affect the...

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors that include midsection obesity, meaning bellyfat; hypertension; and adverse glucose and insulin metabolism....

A high protein diet is an essential part of the equation for adding muscle. The cornerstone of increased muscle hypertrophy, or...

You don’t need to be a bodybuilder to hear about anabolic steroids. They are constantly in the news. One day a...

Bodybuilders tend to associate higher cortisol with muscle catabolism, or breakdown. It’s true that cortisol is the major catabolic hormone in...