Vitamins & Minerals

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

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

I’m frequently asked to recommend an authoritative source of scientific information about sports nutrition. While there are many such sources, most...

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

The main point of the study, however, is that a higher potassium and magnesium intake, coupled with a lower sodium intake,...

Scientists are calling on the government to increase the recommended daily intake of vitamin D to 2,000 international units.

Folate, or lack of it, is linked to depression in new research. If you’re feeling down, you may want to supplement...

The focus of the annual meeting of the International Society of Sports Nutrition is the lectures given by highly qualified experts...

A Good Day at for Bodybuilding-Related Research.

Research suggests that calcium and vitamin D can spur increases in muscle size and strength.

In a recent study a group of researchers managed to separate the normal fat-burning effects produced by exercise and compare them...

You probably know that vitamin C helps build collagen, which strengthens joints, tendons and ligaments. You may also have heard that...

A vitamin made when sunlight hits the skin could help slow down the aging of cells and tissues, according to researchers. A...

Taking omega-3s isn’t Perricone’s only supplement recommendation. He discusses others that are familiar to bodybuilders, such coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid,...

The reason that a trace mineral is required in extremely small amounts is that it serves as a coenzyme, permitting the...