Nutrition

Recent studies show that as far as fat gain goes, it doesn’t matter if you get your calories during the day...

Coffee improves concentration. Research shows that coffee drinkers perform better on memory tests. About four cups a day is the limit....

It’s no secret that anabolic steroids help build muscle size and strength. The problem with steroids is twofold. First, they’re prescription...

Those in the BCAA group showed significantly higher testosterone counts, along with lower counts of cortisol and creatine kinase, an enzyme...

Taking the protein before and after training blocked the response of both active and total testosterone to the exercise, much the...

A recent study investigated the effect of cheonggukjang on various aspects of fat metabolism. For those of you who’ve never heard...

The supplements contain such compounds as arginine or glycine propionyl-L-carnitine, which help the body produce NO, which in turn dilates blood...

Many IM readers are familiar with phosphatidylserine, a soy lipid (see page 64). It’s big on helping reduce cortisol, the stress...

If you’re on an anabolic-steroid regimen, you’ll also probably bloat a bit, as steroids retain sodium in the body.

Some research even shows that drinking coffee can help prevent sun damage to the skin, including melanoma, the most deadly form...

Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) improves a specific cell function that can reduce headaches, according to a study reported in Neurology. About 100...

It turned out that taking the carb supplement didn’t affect exercise performance, perhaps because the volume of training—five sets of squats—wasn’t...

Exactly how phosphatidylserine affects cortisol isn’t yet clear. Researchers agree that the main sites of its interaction are in the brain....

A higher count of free testosterone, however, comes with a price. Estrogen-blocking supplements don’t affect another enzyme, 5-alpha reductase, which converts...

The authors suggest that the mechanism may involve an enabling of the muscle protein synthesis pathway, which makes sense because amino...