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  • Super Algae

    Spirulina—you know, that gooey green stuff you see folks blending at natural food stores—may actually be good for you. Personally, I...

    NutritionJose Antonio, Ph.D.December 14, 2009
  • Food Facts

    Vitamin C should be taken every four hours because it is flushed from your system. Instead of one big dose, take...

    Diet & RecipesBecky HolmanDecember 11, 2009
  • Calcium: A Testosterone Booster?

    Mention the word calcium, and just about everyone thinks about bones or teeth. It’s true that the majority of calcium is...

    NutritionJerry BrainumDecember 8, 2009
  • The Instinct Diet

    Use Your Five Food Instincts to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

    Burn FatBecky HolmanDecember 5, 2009
  • Anticancer Caffeine

    Bodybuilders use caffeine before a workout to have more energy, and most fat burners include some form of caffeine as a...

    NutritionBecky HolmanDecember 2, 2009
  • Milk, Estrogen, IGF-1 and Insulin

    Critics contend that since IGF-1 is an amino acid–based hormone, it’s largely degraded in the gut. On the other hand, adults...

    HormonesJerry BrainumNovember 29, 2009
  • Muscle Destruction From Steroids

    Several cases of exercise- or drug-related rhabdomyolysis in long-distance runners, football players and military personnel have been reported in the medical...

    HormonesJerry BrainumNovember 26, 2009
  • Death of a Fitness Competitor

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

    NutritionJerry BrainumNovember 23, 2009
  • Timed Protein Intake

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

    NutritionJerry BrainumNovember 20, 2009
  • More Reps With Betaine

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

    NutritionJose Antonio, Ph.D.November 17, 2009
  • Calorie Cut in the Gym

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

    Burn FatBecky HolmanNovember 14, 2009
  • Ebb and Flow Diet

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

    Burn FatBecky HolmanNovember 11, 2009
  • Food Facts

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

    Burn FatBecky HolmanNovember 8, 2009
  • Hunger Hatchet

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

    NutritionBecky HolmanNovember 5, 2009
  • Hormonal Ebb and Flow

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

    HormonesJerry BrainumNovember 2, 2009