Nutrition

Stress in its many guises is unavoidable. The body has numerous ways of dealing with the effects of stress, ranging from...

For avid athletes looking for a serious competitive edge, GNC, the leading global specialty retailer of nutritional products, has introduced Pro...

The primary cause of death was likely ephedrine, but you’d have to take a large amount or have prior heart damage...

It appears that following a strategic, timed protein intake before and after weight training doesn’t add to gains in muscular...

It isn’t clear, at least to me, why betaine can help performance. True, it helps farm animals grow bigger and with...

Most people either lift weights or do cardio. The smart ones, of course, do both.

Bodybuilders can be so focused that they never ease up on either training or dieting. Well, that can lead to plateaus...

•B-vitamins may improve memory. Researchers gave mice with dementia nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, and the animals performed memory tests...

If you’re dieting, you know what it’s like between feedings. Sometimes you get so hungry you could chew off your own...

Many believe that using heavy weight and lower reps is the way to gain muscle size. That style of training is...

What causes muscle fatigue? One theory holds that a rise in the acid produced in muscle during exercise interferes with the...

Older adults are nutrient deficient. New research suggests that more than half of Americans over age 50 don’t get enough essential...

Many educated dietitians believe that you should get all of the nutrients your body needs from the food you eat. They...

Until recently, no one had bothered to test the notion that 30 grams of protein or less is about all the...

Stinging nettle shows up in many current testosterone boosters. Several studies show that the herb is useful for preventing prostate gland...