Nutrition

New research shows that BCAAs regulate alterations within the central nervous system that can adversely affect your physical performance and growth...

Another factor is how much arginine gets absorbed into the body. Taking large doses of oral arginine increases the activity of...

• Vinegar-and-oil salad dressing may improve your blood pressure. Rats given vinegar daily for eight weeks showed an average 20-point drop...

It appears that you need to load creatine for five days minimum to get maximum results. Other questions, however, remain unanswered.

The first few chapters discuss eating before and after exercise; however, once again it’s from an endurance-athlete perspective. Nevertheless, bodybuilders can...

Another way that a high-acid diet can promote muscle loss is by increasing the release of cortisol, the primary catabolic hormone.

Insulinlike growth factor-1 is so named because of its resemblance to insulin. It consists of 70 bonded amino acids, which makes...

Scientific evidence shows that tyrosine steps up the production of catecholamines when muscle fatigue begins to set in.

Plasma creatinine, but not creatinine clearance, increased in the supplement group, but there were no changes in serum creatine kinase activity...

The Eat-Clean Diet for Men is different from other books in its category. For one thing, it’s written by husband and...

• Oranges have white stuff on them after you peel them, but don’t pick it off. It’s called albedo and contains...

Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, or HMB, is a downstream metabolite of the branched-chain amino acid leucine. Many studies have shown that leucine is by...

Several studies have found that athletes who severely restrict carb intake suffer a loss of training intensity. On the other hand,...

Now that you know your current average daily calorie intake—from the info in Part 1—you can figure out the changes you...

Doctors attributed his problems to his high blood calcium and his steroid use. Curiously, abnormal elevation of blood calcium is almost...